Paragraph 14 Treated seedsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Article 49(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 applies to seeds to which sub-paragraph (2) applies as it applies to seeds to which Article 49(1) applies.

(2)

This sub-paragraph applies to—

(a)

seeds treated before F1IP completion day with a plant protection product which at the time of treatment was authorised for that use in at least one member State or EEA state but not F2in Great Britain;

(b)

seeds treated on or after IP completion day with a plant protection product which immediately before IP completion day was authorised for that use in at least one member State or EEA state but not in Great Britain.

(3)

But sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to the extent that immediately before IP completion day the sale or use of such seeds was restricted or prohibited by measures adopted in F3Great Britain or by the European Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as it had effect immediately before IP completion day (as adapted by the EEA agreement as it had effect immediately before IP completion day).

(4)

Sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) cease to have effect in respect of seeds to which sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to a constituent territory on the earliest of the following dates—

(a)

the date on which the plant protection product used to treat the seeds is no longer authorised for that use in at least one member State or EEA state;

F4(b)

1st July 2027.

(5)

In this paragraph, “EEA state” does not include the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1376), regs. 1(4), 3(21)(a)
F2: Words in Sch. 1 para. 14(2) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1376), regs. 1(4), 3(21)(d)(i)
F3: Words in Sch. 1 para. 14(3) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1376), regs. 1(4), 3(21)(d)(ii)
F4: Sch. 1 para. 14(4)(b) substituted (31.12.2023) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1321), regs. 1(2), 3(2)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 14 in force at 31.12.20 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)