The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005

Made: 26th May 2005

Laid before Parliament: 27th May 2005

Coming into force: 1st July 2005

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Title, extent and commencement

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Interpretation

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Prohibitions

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Applications concerning active substances

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Standard approvals

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General requirements for granting standard approvals

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Provisional approvals

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Emergency approvals

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Approvals for research and development

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Extensions of approved use

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Mutual recognition of approvals

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Provisional restrictions and prohibitions

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Applications, reviews, revocations and modifications

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Notification of information on potentially dangerous effects

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Data protection

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Duplication of experiments

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Confidentiality

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Packaging

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Labelling

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Seizure and disposal of plant protection products

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General offences

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Penalties

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General defence of due diligence

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Enforcement

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Service of documents

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Transitional provisions

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Disapplication

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Revocation

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SCHEDULE 1 — INSTRUMENTS AMENDING COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 91/414/EEC

Part I — Instruments in force

Instruments	Active substances added to Annex I
Commission Directive 93/71/EEC ;	None
Commission Directive 94/37/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 94/79/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 95/35/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 95/36/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 96/12/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 96/46/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 96/68/EC ;	None
Council Directive 97/57/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 2000/80/EC ;	lambda-cyhalothrin, imazalil, azoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl, spiroxamine, azimsulfuron, fluroxypyr, metsulfuron-methyl, triasulfuron, esfenvalerate, prohexadione-calcium and bentazone
Commission Directive 2001/21/EC ;	amitrole, diquat, pyridate and thiabendazole
Commission Directive 2001/28/EC ;	fenhexamid
Commission Directive 2001/36/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 2001/47/EC ;	Paecilomyces fumosoroseus
Commission Directive 2001/49/EC ;	flupyrsulfuron-methyl
Commission Directive 2001/87/EC ;	acibenzolar-s-methyl, cyclanilide, ferric phosphate, pymetrozine and pyraflufen-ethyl
Commission Directive 2001/99/EC ;	glyphosate and thifensulfuron-methyl
Commission Directive 2001/103/EC ;	2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid
Commission Directive 2002/18/EC ;	isoproturon
Commission Directive 2002/37/EC ;	ethofumesate
Commission Directive 2002/48/EC ;	iprovalicarb, prosulfuron and sulfosulfuron
Commission Directive 2002/64/EC ;	cinidon-ethyl, cyhalofop-butyl, famoxadone, florasulam, metalaxyl-M and picolinafen
Commission Directive 2002/81/EC ;	flumioxazine
Commission Directive 2003/5/EC ;	deltamethrin
Commission Directive 2003/23/EC ;	imazamox, oxasulfuron, ethoxysulfuron, foramsulfuron, oxadiargyl, cyazofamid
Commission Directive 2003/31/EC ;	2,4-DB, maleic hydrazide, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, iprodione, linuron, pendimethalin
Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003 ;	None
Commission Directive 2003/39/EC ;	propyzamide, propineb
Commission Directive 2003/68/EC ;	trifloxystrobin, carfentrazone-ethyl, mesotrione, fenamidone, isoxaflutole
Commission Directive 2003/70/EC ;	mecoprop, mecoprop-P, propiconazole
Commission Directive 2003/79/EC ;	coniothyrium minitans
Commission Directive 2003/81/EC ;	molinate, thiram, ziram
Commission Directive 2003/82/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 2003/84/EC ;	flurtamone, flufenacet, iodosulfuron, dimethenamid-p, picoxystrobin, fosthiazate, silthiofam
Commission Directive 2003/112/EC ;	paraquat
Commission Directive 2003/119/EC ;	mesosulfuron, propoxycarbazone and zoxamide
Commission Directive 2004/20/EC ;	chlorpropham
Commission Directive 2004/30/EC ;	benzoic acid, flazasulfuron and pyraclostrobin
Commission Directive 2004/58/EC ;	alpha-cypermethrin, benalaxyl, bromoxynil, desmedipham, ioxynil and phenmedipham
Commission Directive 2004/60/EC ;	quinoxyfen
Commission Directive 2004/62/EC ;	mepanipyrim
Council Directive 2004/66/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 2004/71/EC ;	Pseudomonas chlororaphis
Commission Directive 2004/99/EC ;	acetamiprid and thiacloprid
Council Directive 2005/25/EC .	None

Part II — Instruments coming into force on 1st October 2005

Instruments	Active substances added to Annex I
Commission Directive 2005/2/EC ;	Ampelomyces quisqualis and Gliocladium catenulatum
Commission Directive 2005/3/EC .	imazosulfuron, laminarin, methoxyfenozide and s-metolachlor

SCHEDULE 2 — NON-CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

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SCHEDULE 3 — LABELLING

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SCHEDULE 4 — TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Application of these Regulations and of the 1986 Regulations to relevant plant protection products

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Effect of Annex I decisions on the placing on the market and use of relevant plant protection products which are not approved pesticides

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Effect of a refusal to include an active substance in Annex I on relevant plant protection products which are approved pesticides

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Effect of a decision to include active substances in Annex I on relevant plant protection products which are approved pesticides

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Revocation of pesticide approval

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Effect of revocation on the placing on the market and use of the product

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Notifications

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Interpretation

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Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales

D. Elis-Thomas — Presiding Officer — 2005-05-24

Bach — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2005-05-26

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811 and, in the case of the National Assembly for Wales, S.I. 1999/2788.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: 1985 c. 48; section 19 was amended by the Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 (c. 27), section 2, and by the Pesticides Act 1998 (c. 26), section 2.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1986/1510, amended by S.I. 1997/188, 2001/880.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L106, 17.4.2001, p. 1.

[^f00007]: Last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and Council (OJ No L268, 18.10.2003, p. 24).

[^f00008]: OJ No. L33, 8.2.79, p. 36.

[^f00009]: Last amended by Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ No L158, 30.4.2004, p. 7).

[^f00010]: S.I. 2004/3391.

[^f00011]: 1911 c. 27 (1 & 2 Geo 5).

[^f00012]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00013]: 1972 c. 70.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1971/729.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2003/3241.

[^f00016]: S.I. 2004/1810.

[^f00017]: OJ No. L221, 31.8.93, p. 27, (as read with corrigenda published in OJ No. L4, 6.1.96, p. 16).

[^f00018]: OJ No. L194, 29.7.94, p. 65.

[^f00019]: OJ No. L354, 31.12.94, p. 16, (as read with corrigenda published in OJ No. L280, 23.11.95, p. 58).

[^f00020]: OJ No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 6.

[^f00021]: OJ No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 8.

[^f00022]: OJ No. L65, 15.3.96, p. 20.

[^f00023]: OJ No. L214, 23.8.96, p. 18.

[^f00024]: OJ No. L277, 30.10.96, p. 25.

[^f00025]: OJ No. L265, 27.9.97, p. 87.

[^f00026]: OJ No. L309, 9.12.2000, p. 14.

[^f00027]: OJ No. L69, 10.3.2001, p. 17.

[^f00028]: OJ No. L113, 24.4.2001, p. 5.