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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-amendment-regulations-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1112",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which extend to England and Wales, further amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/887) 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).\nIn so far as they extend to England and Wales the Regulations amend the definition of “the Directive\" in S.I. 1995/887 so as to implement—\n• Commission Directive 2000/10/EC (OJ No. L57, 2.3.2000, p.28);\n• Commission Directive 2000/49/EC (OJ No. L197, 3.8.2000, p.32) (as from 1st July 2001);\n• Commission Directive 2000/50/EC (OJ No. L198, 4.8.2000, p.39),which add fluroxypyr, metsulfuron-methyl and prohexadione-calcium respectively to Annex I to the Directive. The Regulations make a consequential amendment to the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/888).\nIn so far as they extend to England and Wales, the Regulations revoke the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3430, which made amendments to S.I. 1995/887 and 1995/888) which are consolidated in these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1112/note",
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  "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."
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