Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 22nd October 2002.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Regulation 2(1) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995^f1 shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” the following definition –

• ““the Directive” means Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market^f2, as amended by –

  1. (a)

     Commission Directive 93/71/EEC^f3;

  2. (b)

     Commission Directive 94/37/EC^f4;

  3. (c)

     Commission Directive 94/79/EC^f5;

  4. (d)

     Commission Directive 95/35/EC^f6;

  5. (e)

     Commission Directive 95/36/EC^f7;

  6. (f)

     Commission Directive 96/12/EC^f8;

  7. (g)

     Commission Directive 96/46/EC^f9;

  8. (h)

     Commission Directive 96/68/EC^f10;

  9. (i)

     Council Directive 97/57/EC^f11;

  10. (j)

      Commission Directive 2000/80/EC^f12;

  11. (k)

      Commission Directive 2001/21/EC^f13;

  12. (l)

      Commission Directive 2001/28/EC^f14;

  13. (m)

      Commission Directive 2001/36/EC^f15;

  14. (n)

      Commission Directive 2001/47/EC^f16;

  15. (o)

      Commission Directive 2001/49/EC^f17;

  16. (p)

      Commission Directive 2001/87/EC^f18;

  17. (q)

      Commission Directive 2001/99/EC^f19;

  18. (r)

      Commission Directive 2001/103/EC^f20;”.

On 1st January 2003 the definition of “the Directive” in those Regulations, as substituted by paragraph (1), shall be further amended by the addition of the following –

“(s)

Commission Directive 2002/18/EC^f21;”.

the inclusion of the active substances acibenzolar-s-methyl and pymetrozine in Annex I to the Directive does not revoke any such approval in respect of any plant protection product containing either active substance, and that approval shall continue in effect until an approval is granted under regulation 5(1) (standard approvals), or 31st March 2003, whichever is the earlier;

the inclusion of the active substance flupyrsulfuron-methyl in Annex I to the Directive does not revoke any such approval in respect of any plant protection product containing that active substance, and that approval shall continue in effect until an approval is granted under regulation 5(1) (standard approvals), or 30th November 2002, whichever is the earlier; and

if the plant protection product contains any of the active substances mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), together with another active substance not yet placed in Annex I to the Directive, such approval shall continue in effect unless revoked by the Department under regulation 13(5) (applications, reviews, revocations and modifications).