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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-544/article-A1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/544",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 544/2011 of 10 June 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the data requirements for active substances (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-544",
  "path": "article/A1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "A1",
  "heading": "Scope and interpretation",
  "text": "1. This Regulation applies in relation to—\n(a) an application under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market as it had effect immediately before IP completion day where—\n(i) paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 applies to that application, and\n(ii) on or before 31st December 2013 dossiers were submitted in accordance with Article 8(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;\n(b) an application under Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market as it had effect immediately before IP completion day where—\n(i) paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 applies to that application, and\n(ii) on or before 31st December 2013 dossiers were submitted in accordance with Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1141/2010 laying down the procedure for the renewal of the inclusion of a second group of active substances in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and establishing the list of those substances as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;\n(c) an application for authorisation of a plant protection product, as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, which was submitted before 31st December 2015, as regards the submission of data concerning an active substance—\n(i) to which point (a) or (b) applies, or\n(ii) for which approval has not been renewed in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 or Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances, whether before or after IP completion day.\n2. Paragraph 1(b) does not apply where the applicant for the authorisation notifies the competent authority in writing when submitting the application that the data requirements of Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 setting out the data requirements for active substances apply instead.\n3. Paragraph 4 applies where Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 setting out the data requirements for active substances applies in relation to an application by virtue of—\n(a) Article 1 of that Regulation, or\n(b) Article A1(2) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 545/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the data requirements for plant protection products.\n4. Where this paragraph applies, a reference in this Regulation to Commission Regulation (EU) No 545/2011, or a specified part of Commission Regulation (EU) No 545/2011, is to be read in relation to the application as a reference to Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013, or the equivalent part of Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 (as the case may be).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. A1 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 16(2) (as amended by S.I. 2019/559, regs. 1(2), 7(5); S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 3(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/544/article/A1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:06.051752+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."
}