The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1228

PESTICIDES

The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Made

27th April 1999

Laid before Parliament

29th April 1999

Coming into force

21st May 1999

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State being Ministers designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and, in respect of regulations 3 and 4 of the following Regulations, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(3) with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 21st May 1999.

Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995

2.  Regulation 2(1) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995(4) shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” the following definition–

• ““the Directive” means Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(5), as amended by–

  (a)

  Commission Directive 93/71/EEC(6);

  (b)

  Commission Directive 94/37/EC(7);

  (c)

  Commission Directive 94/79/EC(8);

  (d)

  Commission Directive 95/35/EC(9);

  (e)

  Commission Directive 95/36/EC(10);

  (f)

  Commission Directive 96/12/EC(11);

  (g)

  Commission Directive 96/46/EC(12);

  (h)

  Commission Directive 96/68/EC(13);

  (i)

  Council Directive 97/57/EC(14);

  (j)

  Commission Directive 97/73/EC(15);

  (k)

  Commission Directive 98/47/EC(16);

  (l)

  Commission Directive 1999/1/EC(17);”.

Amendment of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995

3.  Regulation 2 of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995(18) shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “principal Regulations” the following definition–

• ““principal Regulations” means the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 as amended by–

  (a)

  the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1997(19);

  (b)

  the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997(20);

  (c)

  the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1999;”.

Revocation

4.  The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1996(21) and the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1998(22) are hereby revoked.

Jeff Rooker

Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

26th April 1999

Sewel

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

26th April 1999

We consent to the making of regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations,

Bob Ainsworth

Jim Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

27th April 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/887) as amended (“the principal Regulations”) which implement in Great Britain Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1 as read with OJ No. L170, 25.6.92, p. 40) (“the Directive”), as amended.

The Regulations amend the definition of “the Directive” provided in the principal Regulations in consequence of Commission Directive 97/73/EC (OJ No. L353, 24.12.97, p. 26) and Commission Directive 1999/1/EC (OJ No. L21, 28.1.99, p. 21) which insert two active substances (respectively Imazalil and Kresoxim Methyl) into Annex I to the Directive. The Regulations also make consequential amendments to the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/888) as amended.

The Regulations revoke the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1940) and the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2760), both of which make amendments that are consolidated in the amendments made by the present Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1811.

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

1973 c. 51.

(4)

S.I. 1995/887, amended by S.I. 1996/1940, 1997/7, 1997/2499 and 1998/2760 (S.I. 1996/1940 and S.I. 1998/2760 are revoked by the present Regulations).

(5)

OJ No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1 (to be read with Corrigenda published in OJ No. L170, 25.6.92, p. 40).

(6)

OJ No. L221, 31.8.93, p. 27 (to be read with Corrigenda published in OJ No. L4, 6.1.96, p. 16).

(7)

OJ No. L194, 29.7.94, p. 65.

(8)

OJ No. L354, 31.12.94, p. 16 (to be read with Corrigenda published in OJ No. L280, 23.11.95, p. 58).

(9)

OJ No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 6.

(10)

OJ No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 8.

(11)

OJ No. L65, 15.3.96, p. 20.

(12)

OJ No. L214, 23.8.96, p. 18.

(13)

OJ No. L277, 30.10.96, p. 25.

(14)

OJ No. L265, 27.9.97, p. 87.

(15)

OJ No. L353, 24.12.97, p. 26.

(16)

OJ No. L191, 7.7.98, p. 50.

(17)

OJ No. L21, 28.1.99, p. 21.

(18)

S.I. 1995/888, amended by S.I. 1997/884 and 1998/2760 (the latter is revoked by the present Regulations).

(19)

S.I. 1997/7.

(20)

S.I. 1997/2499.

(21)

S.I. 1996/1940.

(22)

S.I. 1998/2760.