S.I. No. 356/1999 - European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on The Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1999.


I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive No. 91/414/EEC of 15 July 19911 , and for the purposes of giving effect to Commission Directive 1999/73/EC of 19 July 19992 and Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 19993 , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1999.

(2) The European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 1994 to 1999 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 1994 to 1999 and shall be construed together as one.

2. In these Regulations—

“the Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 139 of 1994 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (I) for the definition of “Annex 1” of the following definition:

“ “Annex 1” means Annex 1 to the Directive of 1991 as altered by Commission Directive 1999/73/EC of 19 July 1999 and Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 1999.”

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of November, 1999.

JOE WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations give effect to Commission Directive 1999/73/EC of 19 July 1999 and Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 1999 which provide for the inclusion of the active substances Spiroxamine and Azimsulfuron in Annex 1 to Council Directive 91/414/EEC.

1 O.J. No. L230/1 19/8/1991.

2 O.J. No. L206/16 05/8/1999.

3 O.J. No. L210/13 10/8/1999.