{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2076/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2076/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2002/2076",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2002 of 20 November 2002 extending the time period referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC and concerning the non-inclusion of certain active substances in Annex I to that Directive and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these substances (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2076",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance with Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC shall be as short as possible and:\n(a) for the uses for which the authorisation is to be withdrawn by 25 July 2003, shall expire not later than 31 December 2003, except for the limited number of essential uses referred to in Annex II, for which the authorisation can still be maintained in specified Member States in accordance with the provisions of Article 2(3);\n(b) for the uses for which the authorisation is to be withdrawn by 30 June 2007, shall expire not later than 31 December 2007;\n(c) for the uses for which the authorisation is to be withdrawn by 30 June 2009 , shall expire not later than 31 December 2009 .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2006 of 20 December 2006 laying down transitional measures amending Regulation (EC) Νο 2076/2002 and Decisions 2001/245/EC, 2002/928/EC and 2006/797/EC as regards the continued use of certain active substances not included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by reason of the accession of Bulgaria (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2006 of 20 December 2006 laying down transitional measures amending Regulation (EC) Νο 2076/2002 and Decisions 2001/245/EC, 2002/928/EC and 2006/797/EC as regards the continued use of certain active substances not included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by reason of the accession of Bulgaria (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2076/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:56:19.130477+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}