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Explanatory note

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These Regulations further amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 371), as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 456, S.R. 1997 No. 471 and S.R. 1997 No. 507, (“the principal Regulations”) which implement in Northern Ireland Council Directive 91/414/EEC (O.J. No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1 to be read with the Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L170, 25.6.92, p. 40) concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (“the Directive”), as amended.

The Regulations amend the definition of the Directive provided in the principal Regulations in consequence of Commission Directive 98/47/EC (O.J. No. L191, 7.7.98, p. 50) which includes an active substance (azoxystrobin) in Annex I to the Directive.