S.I. No. 702/2003 - European Communities (Authorization, Placing on The Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003


I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 effect to Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 20031 , Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 20032 Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 20033 , Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 20034 and Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 20035 hereby make the following regulations:

1.         These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1 January 2004 in relation to Coniothyrium minitans, on 1 July 2004 in relation to Flurtamone, Flufenacet, Iodosulfuron, Dimethenamid-p, Picoxystrobin Fosthiazate and Silithiofam, on 1 December 2004 in relation to Mecoprop, Mecoprop-P, and Propiconazole, on 1 February 2005 in relation to Molinate, Thiram and Ziram and on 30 July 2004 in relation to the inclusion of Annexes IV and V of the Directive of 1991.

2.         The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 83 of 2003 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “Directive of 1991”-

“‘Directive of 1991’ means Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 6 , the Corrigendum to Council Directive 91/414/EEC 7 , Commission Directive 93/71/EEC of 27 July 19938 , the Corrigendum to Commission Directive 93/71/EEC 9 , Commission Directive 94/37/EC of 22 July 1994 10 , Commission Directive 94/79/EC of 21 December 1994 11 , the Corrigendum to Commission Directive 94/79/EEC 12 , Commission Directive 95/35/EC of 14 July 1995 13 , Commission Directive 95/36/EC of 14 July 1995 14 Commission Directive 96/12/EC of 8 March 1996 15 , Commission Directive 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996 16 , Commission Directive 96/68/EC of 21 October 1996 17 , Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997 18 , Commission Directive 2000/80/EC of 4 December 2000 19 , Commission Directive 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001 20 , Commission Directive 2001/28/EC of 20 April 2001 21 , Commission Directive 2001/47/EC of 25 June 2001 22 , Commission Directive 2001/49/EC of 28 June 2001 23 , Commission Directive 2001/87/EC of 12 October 200124 , Commission Directive 2001/99/EC of 20 November 200125 , Commission Directive 2001/36/EC of 16 May 2001 26 , Commission Directive 2001/103/EC of 28 November 2001 27 , Commission Directive 2002/18/EC of 22 February 2002 28 , Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002 29 , Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002 30 Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002 31 , Commission Directive 2002/81/EC of 10 October 200232 , Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 200333 , Commission Directive 2003/23/EC of 25 March 200334 Commission Directive 2003/31/EC of 11 April 200335 , Commission Directive 2003/39/EC of 15 May 200336 , Commission Directive 2003/68/EC of 11 July 200337 Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003, Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003, Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003 Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003 and Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003”.

 

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

2 December 2003.

 

Joe Walsh

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

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 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003, Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003, Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003 Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003 and Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003. These Regulations, which amend Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, consolidate Annex I of that Directive and provide for the inclusion of the active substances: Mecoprop, Mecoprop-P, Propiconazole, Molinate, Thiram, Ziram Coniothyrium minitans, Flurtamone, Flufenacet, Iodosulfuron, Dimethenamid-p, Picoxystrobin Fosthiazate and Silithiofam to Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC, and for the inclusion of Annexes IV and V to Directive 91/414/EEC.

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