Explanatory note

These Regulations set a fee of £4,500 for the administrative treatment and evaluation of notifications of active substances notified to the Pesticides Safety Directorate under Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 451/2000, and a fee of £120,000 for the evaluation of a dossier submitted under Article 6 of that Regulation. The notification and evaluation are for active substances for which the United Kingdom is the rapporteur Member State in accordance with Annex I to that Regulation, where a producer wishes to secure the inclusion of that active substance in Annex 1 to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (O.J. L230, 19.8.1991) as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/80/EC (O.J. L210, 10.8.1999, p. 13).

A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Pesticide Safety Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mallard House, Kings Pool, 3 Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX.