Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012Show full title

Article 3 U.K. Checking of the application

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 [F1 assessing competent authority] shall, within one month of the date of receipt of the application, inform the applicant [F2 and 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 [F3 assessing competent authority] shall assess any request for confidentiality. Upon a request for access to information, the [F3 assessing 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 [F4 assessing 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 [F5 assessing competent authority].

Where the application contains all the elements provided for in Article 2 at the expiry of that period, the [F6 assessing 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 [F7 assessing competent authority] shall, without delay, inform the applicant [F8 and 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 [F9 assessing 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 [F9 assessing 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 [F10 to the same assessing competent authority] and each of them contains all the elements provided for in Article 2, the [F11 assessing competent authority] shall communicate the contact details of each applicant to the other applicant(s).

6. The [F12 assessing 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

F1 Words 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)

F2 Words 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)

F3 Words 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)

F4 Words 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)

F5 Words 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)

F6 Words 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)

F7 Words 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)

F8 Words 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)

F9 Words 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)

F10 Words 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)

F11 Words 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)

F12 Words 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)