Article 15A Applications for renewal: transfer of assessmentF1

The assessing competent authority may by agreement transfer the function of assessing an application for renewal to another competent authority for a constituent territory in relation to which the active substance to be renewed is approved, and upon transfer that competent authority is the assessing competent authority for that application for the purposes of the renewal provisions.

The application for renewal and any supporting dossiers or information must be transferred at the same time as the transfer under paragraph 1.

Following a transfer under paragraph 1, the assessing competent authority must notify the applicant of the transfer.

A transfer in accordance with paragraph 1 does not—

(a)

affect anything done by the assessing competent authority prior to transfer;

(b)

affect the timing of any requirements placed on the assessing competent authority under the renewal provisions.

In this Article, the “renewal provisions” means the provisions of—

(a)

this Subsection, and

(b)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 15A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 4(23) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)