Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/887) as amended (“the principal Regulations”) which implement in Great Britain Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1 as read with OJ No. L170, 25.6.92, p. 40) (“the Directive”), as amended.
The Regulations amend the definition of “the Directive” provided in the principal Regulations in consequence of Commission Directive 97/73/EC (OJ No. L353, 24.12.97, p. 26) and Commission Directive 1999/1/EC (OJ No. L21, 28.1.99, p. 21) which insert two active substances (respectively Imazalil and Kresoxim Methyl) into Annex I to the Directive. The Regulations also make consequential amendments to the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/888) as amended.