{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1107",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Extension of approval period for the duration of the procedure",
  "text": "1. Where for reasons beyond the control of the applicant it appears to a competent authority that the approval is likely to expire before a decision has been taken on renewal, the competent authority must extend the approval period by a further period sufficient to examine the application.\n() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. The length of that period shall be established on the basis of the following:\n(a)the time needed to provide the information requested;\n(b)the time needed to complete the procedure;\n(c)where appropriate, the need to ensure the establishment of a coherent work programme, as provided for in Article 18.\n4. As soon as reasonably practicable after extending the approval period in accordance with the first paragraph, the competent authority must—\n(a) notify the applicant and the other competent authorities of the extension, and\n(b) update the approvals register accordingly.\n5. The Secretary of State may extend approval under paragraph 1 instead of a competent authority—\n(a) in relation to Wales, with the consent of the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.\n6. Where the Secretary of State extends approval in accordance with paragraph 5, paragraph 4 is to be read as if—\n(a) in the words before point (a), the reference to the competent authority were a reference to the Secretary of State;\n(b) in point (a), “other” were omitted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 17(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 4(25)(a) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 4(25)(b) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17 renumbered as Art. 17(3) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 4(25)(c) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 17(4)-(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 4(25)(d) (with Sch. 1) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 3(4)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1107/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:07.189108+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."
}