Paragraph 15 Existing guidanceI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a guidance document which relates to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as it had effect immediately before F1IP completion day , where—

(a)

before IP completion day , the guidance document was noted by the Committee, and

(b)

immediately before IP completion day , that guidance document had not been withdrawn or replaced.

(2)

A guidance document to which this sub-paragraph applies is taken to have been issued by each competent authority in relation to its constituent territory in accordance with Article 77(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(3)

Where the guidance document to which sub-paragraph (2) applies relates to scientific methods referred to in Article 4(2)(a) or (3)(b) or (e) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, those methods are taken to have been accepted by each competent authority in accordance with Article 4(8).

(4)

In sub-paragraph (1)(a), “the Committee” means the Standing Committee described in Article 79(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as it had effect immediately before IP completion day .

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)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 15 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)