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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-fees-and-charges-regulations-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2132",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Protection Products (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-fees-and-charges-regulations-2011",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\n1 These Regulations provide the charging regime in relation to—\n(a) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ No L309, 24.11.2009, p.1) (“Regulation 1107/2009”);\n(b) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ No L70, 16.3.2005, p.1) (“the MRL Regulation”); and\n(c) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ No L 4, 6. 1. 96, p.16) (“the Directive”).\n2 Regulation 1107/2009 replaces the existing scheme for approval under Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ No L230, 19.8.1991, p.1), and lays down rules for the approval of active substances and the authorisation of plant protection products.\n3 These Regulations set fees, chargeable by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland (“the United Kingdom competent authorities”) for—\n(a) work carried out within the scope of Regulation 1107/2009 which relates to evaluating applications for the authorisation of plant protection products, the approval of active substances, safeners, synergists and basic substances and official recognition of a test facility or organisation, and\n(b) applications for import tolerances under Article 7 of the MRL Regulation.\n4 These Regulations also provide for an annual charge to be paid by authorisation holders for costs incurred by or on behalf of the United Kingdom competent authorities associated with any work carried out within the scope of Regulation 1107/2009 and work arising from the obligations under the MRL Regulation (other than for work charged under section 18(2)(b) or (c) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985) and, after 26th November 2011, work pursuant to obligations within the scope of the Directive. These Regulations also set out the consequences of failure to pay fees or charges.\n5 These Regulations revoke and replace—\n(a) The Fees for Assessment of Active Substances (Third Stage Review) Regulation 2005 (S.I. 2005/117);\n(b) The Fees for Assessment of Active Substances (Fourth Stage Review) Regulation 2005 (S.I. 2005/1811); and\n(c) the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 2007(S.I. 2007/295).\n6 A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs to business and the voluntary sector has also been prepared. A copy of this document has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament and is available on DEFRA’s website (www.defra.gov.uk). A copy of the regulatory impact assessment is also annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum to the Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011 and to these Regulations and is available alongside the instruments on the legislation website (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/).\n7 The new fees compared with those fixed by or determined under the previous fee-charging provisions are as follows:\nType of Fee\nPrevious Fee (£)\nNew Fee (£)\nPercentage Increase/Decrease\nSchedule 1\n1. Product related applications\n1\nAdministrative research and development application\n30.00\n50.00\n66.67%\n2\nExtension of use application including administration, co-ordination and technical consideration\n1,495.00\n1,495.00\n0.00%\nExtension of use application from 1 April 2012\n1,495.00\n1,700.00\n13.71%\n3\nPreliminary consideration of application type listed in item 4, 5, 7, 12 or 13, to determine whether the application can proceed further\n150.00 (electronic)\nor\n175.00 (other)\n220.00\n46.67%\nor\n25.71%\n4\nAdministrative application for a new product or change to an existing product,\n(a)\nOne product\n120.00\n150.00\n25.00%\n(b)\nEach additional product\n40.00\n50.00\n25.00%\n5\nParallel trade application;\n(a)\nCo-ordination of application for new product or change to existing product involving parallel trade\n710.00\n700.00\n-1.41%\n(b)\nParallel trade verification\n200.00\n200.00\n0.00%\n6\nEvaluation of a label in any application.\n300.00\n200.00\n-33.33%\n7\nCoordination of standard technical stream application\n1,100.00 (technical)\nor\n1,800.00 (data evaluation)\n1,800.00\n45.45%\nor\n0.00%\n8\nEvaluation of simple reasoned cases in each of the following specialist areas:\n(a)\nChemistry\n250.00\n400.00\n60.00%\n(b)\nToxicology\n250.00\n400.00\n60.00%\n(c)\nOperator exposure\n250.00\n400.00\n60.00%\n(d)\nResidues/consumer exposure\n250.00\n400.00\n60.00%\n(e)\nFate and behaviour in the environment\n250.00\n400.00\n60.00%\n(f)\nEcotoxicology\n250.00\n400.00\n60.00%\n(g)\nEfficacy\n250.00\n400.00\n60.00%\n9\nEvaluation of data, modelling and detailed scientific cases in each of the following specialist areas:\n(a)\nChemistry\n425.00\n750.00\n76.47%\n(b)\nToxicology\n500.00\n750.00\n50.00%\n(c)\nOperator exposure\n750.00\n750.00\n0.00%\n(d)\nResidues/consumer exposure\n1,000.00\n750.00\n-25.00%\n(e)\nFate and behaviour in the environment\n1,000.00\n1,800.00\n80.00%\n(f)\nEcotoxicology\n1,000.00\n1,800.00\n80.00%\n(g)\nEfficacy\n1,500.00\n1,800.00\n20.00%\nCrop Safety (£500) and Effectiveness (£1000) previously charged separately\n10\nWithdrawal of an application for a product specified in items 2, 4, 5, 7, 12 or 13 before any work other than preliminary consideration has been done\n100.00\n100.00\n0.00%\n11\nPre-submission meetings for lead zone re-registration and new product applications\n0.00\n5,000.00\nNew item\n12\nZonal surcharges for lead zonal re-registration and new product applications. This fee is in addition to these described in 7 to 9 above\nZonal surcharge 1\n0.00\n7,500.00\nNew item\nZonal surcharge 2\n0.00\n15,000.00\nNew item\n13\nCommenting on draft study protocols\n0.00\n400.00\nNew item\n2. Active substances related applications\nWhere an active substance, safener or synergist is neither a biocontrol agent nor a pheromone\n1\nPreliminary evaluation of an application’s admissibility\n5,000.00\n5,000.00\n0.00%\n2\nProcessing an application for provisional authorisation\n35,000.00\n35,000.00\n0.00%\n3\nHelping the European Food Safety Authority to evaluate the draft assessment report where the United Kingdom is the rapporteur or co-rapporteur member state\n35,000.00\n35,000.00\n0.00%\n4\nEvaluation of a full data package\n105,000.00\n110,00.00\n4.76%\n5\nEvaluation of a partial data package:\nBand 1\n7,500.00\nNew item\nBand 2\n15,000.00\n15,000.00\n0.00%\nBand 3\n30,000.00\n30,000.00\n0.00%\nBand 4\n40,000.00\n50,000.00\n25.00%\nBand 5\n60,000.00\n70,000.00\n16.67%\nBand 6\n80,000.00\n90,000.00\n12.50%\nBand 7\n105,000.00\n110,000.00\n4.76%\nWhere an active substance is a biocontrol agent\n6\nEvaluation of a full data package\n22,500.00\n22,500.00\n0.00%\n7\nHelping the European Food Safety Authority to evaluate the draft assessment report where the United Kingdom is the rapporteur or co-rapporteur member State\n7,500.00\n7,500.00\n0.00%\n8\nEvaluation of a partial data package:\nBand 1\n5,500.00\n5,500.00\n0.00%\nBand 2\n11,250.00\n11,250.00\n0.00%\nBand 3\n17,000.00\n17,000.00\n0.00%\nBand 4\n22,500.00\n22,500.00\n0.00%\nWhere an active substance is a pheromone\n9\nEvaluation of a fill data package\n13,000.00\n13,000.00\n0.00%\n10\nHelping the European Food Safety Authority to evaluate the draft assessment report where the United Kingdom is a rapporteur or co-rapporteur member State.\n7,500.00\n7,500.00\n0.00%\n11\nEvaluation of a partial data package:\nBand 1\n3,250.00\n3,250.00\n0.00%\nBand 2\n6,500.00\n6,500.00\n0.00%\nBand 3\n9,750.00\n9,750.00\n0.00%\nBand 4\n13,000.00\n13,000.00\n0.00%\nFor all evaluations\n12\nMeeting before the submission of an application in support of new active substance, safener or synergist, biocontrol and pheromone applications\n0.00\n5,000.00\nNew item\n3. Fees for official recognition of a test facility or organisation\nInitial official recognition of the test facility\n1,500.00\n2,000.00\n33.33%\nRenewal of an official recognition\n1,500.00\n2,000.00\n33.33%\nEach re-inspection\n1,125.00\n1,500.00\n33.33%\n4. Basic substance applications\n1\nAssistance with a full data package\n0.00\n110,000.00\nNew item\n2\nAssistance with a partial data package:\nBand 1\n0.00\n7,500.00\nNew item\nBand 2\n0.00\n15,000.00\nNew item\nBand 3\n0.00\n30,000.00\nNew item\nBand 4\n0.00\n50,000.00\nNew item\nBand 5\n0.00\n70,000.00\nNew item\nBand 6\n0.00\n90,000.00\nNew item\nBand 7\n0.00\n110,000.00\nNew item\nSchedule 2\nImport tolerance fee\n1\nFull human health evaluation\n15,600.00\n15,600.00\n0.00%\n2\nMetabolism and residues evaluation\n6,500.00\n6,500.00\n0.00%\n3\nResidues evaluation\n1,950.00\n1,950.00\n0.00%",
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