{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-844/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-844/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/844",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 of 18 September 2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-844",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Submission of the application",
  "text": "1. An application for the renewal of an approval of an active substance must be submitted by a producer of the active substance to a competent authority for a constituent territory in relation to which the active substance is approved (in this Regulation, the “assessing competent authority”) no later than three years before the expiry of the approval.\nWhen submitting an application, the applicant may, pursuant to Article 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, request certain information to be kept confidential. In that event, the applicant shall present such parts of the application physically separated, setting out the reasons for requesting confidentiality.\nAt the same time, the applicant shall submit any data protection claims pursuant to Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.\n...\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. A joint application may be submitted by an association of producers designated by the producers for the purpose of compliance with this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), reg. 20(2)(a)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2019/1410, regs. 1(2), 6(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), reg. 20(2)(a)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2019/1410, regs. 1(2), 6(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 1(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/844/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:12.940465+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."
}