The Plant Protection Products Amendment (No. 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

Transitional Arrangements for Provisional Approvals

6.—(1) The provisions at paragraph (2) below shall apply, notwithstanding the amendments made by these Regulations, to the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995.

(2) In relation to the active substance flupyrsulfuron-methyl in Annex I–

(a) any approval issued pursuant to regulation 7(1) (provisional approvals) or extended pursuant to regulation 7(5) in respect of any plant protection product containing that active substance shall not cease to have effect by reason only of the inclusion of that active substance in Annex I;

(b) any such approval or extension which provides for its expiry at a date prior to 30th November 2002 shall not expire at the date provided for, but shall continue in force until the date ascertained in accordance with sub-paragraph (d) below on the same terms and conditions under which it was approved or extended (save as to date of expiry so provided);

(c) any such approval or extension which provides for its expiry at a date on or after 30th November 2002 shall cease to have effect on the date ascertained in accordance with sub-paragraph (d) below;

(d) any approval or extension to which sub-paragraph (b) or (c) above applies shall cease to have effect on the date on which a decision made on an application for approval under regulation 5(1) (standard approvals) has effect or 30th November 2002, whichever is earlier.

(3) In this regulation and in regulation 7 below “Annex I” means Annex I to Council Directive 1991/414/EC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, as amended(1).

(1)

O.J. No. L 230, 19.8.91, p.1 (as read with Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L 170, 25.6.92, p.40), as amended by the instruments listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.