1.Where the application has been submitted by the date provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) and contains all the elements provided for in Article 2, the [F1assessing competent authority] shall, within one month of the date of receipt of the application, inform the applicant [F2and the other competent authorities] of the date of receipt of the application and the fact that it has been submitted by the date provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) and contains all the elements provided for in Article 2.
The [F3assessing competent authority] shall assess any request for confidentiality. Upon a request for access to information, the [F3assessing competent authority] shall decide what information is to be kept confidential.
2.Where the application has been submitted by the date provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) but one or more elements provided for in Article 2 are missing, the [F4assessing competent authority] shall, within one month of the date of receipt of the application, inform the applicant which elements are missing and set a period of 14 days for the submission of those elements to the [F5assessing competent authority].
Where the application contains all the elements provided for in Article 2 at the expiry of that period, the [F6assessing competent authority] shall, without delay, proceed in accordance with paragraph 1.
3.Where the application has not been submitted by the date provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), or where the application still does not contain all the elements provided for in Article 2 at the expiry of the period set for the submission of the missing elements in accordance with paragraph 2, the [F7assessing competent authority] shall, without delay, inform the applicant [F8and the other competent authorities] that the application is inadmissible and of the reasons why it is inadmissible.
4.Within 14 days from the date of receipt of the information that the application has been submitted by the date provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) and that it contains all the elements provided for in Article 2, the applicant shall submit to the [F9assessing competent authority] a copy of the application, including the information about those parts of the application in respect of which confidentiality has been requested and justified by the applicant pursuant to Article 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
At the same time, the applicant shall forward a copy of the application to the [F9assessing competent authority], excluding any information in respect of which confidentiality has been requested and justified by the applicant pursuant to Article 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
5.Where, by the date provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), two or more applications for the same active substance have been submitted separately [F10to the same assessing competent authority] and each of them contains all the elements provided for in Article 2, the [F11assessing competent authority] shall communicate the contact details of each applicant to the other applicant(s).
6.The [F12assessing competent authority] shall publish, for each active substance, the names and the addresses of the applicants whose applications have been submitted by the date provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) and contain all the elements provided for in Article 2.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(a)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(a)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(b)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(b)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in Art. 3(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(e)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11Words in Art. 3(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(e)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in Art. 3(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 20(3)(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)