CHAPTER III

PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS
SECTION 1

Authorisation
Subsection 5

Special cases

Placing on the market of treated seeds
Article 49
1
A competent authority shall not prohibit placing on the market and use of seeds treated with plant protection products authorised for that use by at least one competent authority.
2
The appropriate authority may, by regulations, implement measures to restrict or prohibit the use or sale of treated seeds as referred to in paragraph 1 where the appropriate authority has substantial concerns that—
a
the treated seeds are likely to constitute a serious risk to human or animal health or to the environment, and
b
such risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by measures taken by the competent authorities concerned.
2A
Before making regulations in accordance with paragraph 2, the appropriate authority may obtain independent scientific advice where the appropriate authority considers it appropriate to do so.
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4
Without prejudice to other assimilated law concerning the labelling of seeds, the label and documents accompanying the treated seeds shall include the name of the plant protection product with which the seeds were treated, the name(s) of the active substance(s) in that product, standard phrases for safety precautions as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and risk mitigation measures set out in the authorisation for that product where appropriate.
Words in Art. 49(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(27)(a)(i) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 49(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(27)(d)(i) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Ch. 3 Section 1 Subsection 3 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(16)(a) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Ch. 3 Section 1 Subsection 3A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(21) (with Sch. 1) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 3(5)(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 49(2)(2A) substituted for Art. 49(2) (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(27)(b) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 49(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(27)(d)(ii) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 49(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(27)(c) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 49(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(27)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 49(4) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 88(2)(d)