Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013
of 1 March 2013
setting out the data requirements for active substances, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
It is necessary to modify the data requirements concerning chemical substances in order to take into account current scientific and technical knowledge.
More detailed information for the implementation of the data requirements is laid down in relevant guidance documents.
Regulation (EU) No 544/2011 should therefore be repealed.
A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before the modified data requirements become applicable in order to permit applicants to prepare themselves to meet those requirements.
In order to permit Member States and the interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements, it is appropriate to lay down transitional measures concerning data submitted for applications for the approval, renewal of approval or amendment to the conditions of approval of active substances and data submitted for applications for authorisation, renewal of authorisation and amendment to the authorisation of plant protection products.
These transitional measures are without prejudice to Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and neither the European Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,
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