The Biocidal Products (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Amendment of the Northern Ireland Regulations

4.  In the Northern Ireland Regulations–

(a) in regulation 2(1), after the definition of “feedingstuff” insert—

““the first review regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) 1896/2000(1)”;

(b) in regulation 2(1), for the definition of “new active substance”, substitute the following—

““new active substance” means—

(a)

an active substance which is not an existing active substance; or

(b)

for the purposes of regulations 4 to 6, both an active substance which is not an existing active substance and an existing active substance not included in the list referred to in Article 6(1)(b) of the first review regulation, in relation to the product type for which application is now being made;”;

(c) after regulation 39 add the following regulation—

“General Industry Charge

39A.   Schedule 11A shall have effect.”; and

(d) after Schedule 11 add the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(1)

OJ No. L 228, 8.9.2000, p.6.When determining what constitutes a notification, the first review regulation should be read together with prolongation regulation 1687/2002 OJ L258, 26.09.02, p15 as the prolongation regulation supplements the first review regulation