The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1112

PESTICIDES, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Made

21st March 2001

Laid before Parliament

22nd March 2001

Coming into force

15th April 2001

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Assembly for Wales, being 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 (the National Assembly for Wales acting in relation to Wales only), 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, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf;

Make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and extent

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2001; they extend to England and Wales and come into force on 15th April 2001.

Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995

2.  In so far as they extend to England and Wales, 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);

  (m)

  Commission Directive 1999/73/EC(18);

  (n)

  Commission Directive 1999/80/EC(19);

  (o)

  Commission Directive 2000/10/EC(20);

  (p)

  Commission Directive 2000/49/EC(21) (as from 1st July 2001);

  (q)

  Commission Directive 2000/50/EC(22);”.

Amendment of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995

3.  In so far as they extend to England and Wales, Regulation 2 of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995(23) 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(24);

  (b)

  the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997(25);

  (c)

  the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2001(26);”.

Revocation

4.  The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999(27) are revoked so far as they extend to England and Wales.

Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales

15th March 2001

Hayman

Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

21st March 2001

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

Greg Pope and Jim Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

19th March 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to England and Wales, further amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/887) 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).

In so far as they extend to England and Wales the Regulations amend the definition of “the Directive” in S.I. 1995/887 so as to implement—

• Commission Directive 2000/10/EC (OJ No. L57, 2.3.2000, p.28);

• Commission Directive 2000/49/EC (OJ No. L197, 3.8.2000, p.32) (as from 1st July 2001);

• Commission Directive 2000/50/EC (OJ No. L198, 4.8.2000, p.39),

which add fluroxypyr, metsulfuron-methyl and prohexadione-calcium respectively to Annex I to the Directive. The Regulations make a consequential amendment to the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/888).

In so far as they extend to England and Wales, the Regulations revoke the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3430, which made amendments to S.I. 1995/887 and 1995/888) which are consolidated in these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1811 and, in the case of the National Assembly for Wales, S.I. 1999/2788.

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

1973 c. 51.

(4)

S.I. 1995/887 as amended by S.I. 1997/7, 1997/2499 and 1999/3430 (S.I. 1999/3430 is revoked in respect of England and Wales by these Regulations).

(5)

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

(6)

OJ No. L221, 31.8.93, p.27 (as 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 (as 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)

OJ No. L206, 5.8.99, p.16.

(19)

OJ No. L210, 10.8.99, p.13.

(20)

OJ No. L57, 2.3.2000, p.28.

(21)

OJ No. L197, 3.8.2000, p.32.

(22)

OJ No. L198, 4.8.2000, p.39.

(23)

S.I. 1995/888 as amended by S.I. 1997/884 and S.I. 1999/3430 (the latter is revoked in respect of England and Wales by these Regulations).

(24)

S.I. 1997/7.

(25)

S.I. 1997/2499.

(26)

S.I. 2001/1112.

(27)

S.I. 1999/3430.