S.I. No. 45/2007 - European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2007


S.I. No. 45 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AUTHORIZATION, PLACING ON THE MARKET, USE AND CONTROL OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 9th February, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of thw 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 2006/41/EC of 7 July 2006 1 , Commission Directive 2006/131/EC of 11 December 2006 2 , Commission Directive 2006/132/EC of 11 December 2006 3 , Commission Directive 2006/133/EC of 11 December 2006 4 , Commission Directive 2006/134/EC of 11 December 2006 5 , Commission Directive 2006/135/EC of 11 December 2006 6 , Commission Directive 2006/136/EC of 11 December 2006 7 , Commission Directive 2006/64/EC of 18 July 2006 8 and Commission Directive 2006/85/EC of 23 October 2006 9 , 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) Regulations 2007 and come into operation on 1 February 2007.

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” (inserted by the European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 563 of 2006 )) the following—

“‘Directive of 1991’ means Council Directive No 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 10 and taking into account Commission Directive 93/71/EEC of 27 July 1993 11 , Commission Directive 94/37/EC of 22 July 1994 12 , Commission Directive 94/43/EC of 27 July 1994 13 , Commission Directive 94/79/EC of 21 December 1994 14 , Commission Directive 95/35/EC of 14 July 1995 15 , Commission Directive 95/36/EC of 14 July 1995 16 , Commission Directive 96/12/EC of 8 March 1996 17 , Commission Directive 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996 18 , Commission Directive 96/68/EC of 21 October 1996 19 , Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997 20 , Commission Directive 97/73/EC of 15 December 1997 21 , Commission Directive 98/47/EC of 25 June 1998 22 , Commission Directive 99/1/EC of 21 January 1999 23 , Commission Directive 99/73/EC of 19 July 1999 24 , Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 1999 25 , Commission Directive 2000/10/EC of 1 March 2000 26 , Commission Directive 2000/49/EC of 26 July 2000 27 , Commission Directive 2000/50/EC of 26 July 2000 28 , Commission Directive 2000/66/EC of 23 October 2000 29 , Commission Directive 2000/67/EC of 23 October 2000 30 , Commission Directive 2000/68/EC of 23 October 2000 31 , Commission Directive 2000/80/EC of 4 December 2000 32 , Commission Directive 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001 33 , Commission Directive 2001/28/EC of 20 April 2001 34 , Commission Directive 2001/36/EC of 16 May 2001 35 , Commission Directive 2001/47/EC of 25 June 2001 36 , Commission Directive 2001/49/EC of 28 June 2001 37 , Commission Directive 2001/87/EC of 12 October 2001 38 , Commission Directive 2001/99/EC of 20 November 2001 39 , Commission Directive 2001/103/EC of 28 November 2001 40 , Commission Directive 2002/18/EC of 22 February 2002 41 , Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002 42 , Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002 43 , Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002 44 , Commission Directive 2002/81/EC of 10 October 2002 45 , Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 2003 46 , Commission Directive 2003/23/EC of 25 March 2003 47 , Commission Directive 2003/31/EC of 11 April 2003 48 , Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003 49 , Commission Directive 2003/39/EC of 15 May 2003 50 , Commission Directive 2003/68/EC of 11 July 2003 51 , Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003 52 , Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003 53 , Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003 54 , Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003 55 , Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003 56 , Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 57 , Commission Directive 2003/119/EC of 5 December 2003 58 , Commission Directive 2004/20/EC of 2 March 2004 59 , Commission Directive 2004/30/EC of 10 March 2004 60 , Commission Directive 2004/58/EC of 23 April 2004 61 , Commission Directive 2004/60/EC of 23 April 2004 62 , Commission Directive 2004/62/EC of 26 April 2004 63 , Council Directive 2004/66/EC of 26 April 2004 64 , Commission Directive 2004/71/EC of 28 April 2004 65 , Commission Directive 2004/99/EC of 1 October 2004 66 , Commission Directive 2005/2/EC of 19 January 2005 67 , Commission Directive 2005/3/EC of 19 January 2005 68 , Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 69 , Council Directive 2005/25/EC of 14 March 2005 70 , Commission Directive 2005/34/EC of 17 May 2005 71 , Commission Directive 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005 72 , Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005 73 , Commission Directive 2005/57/EC of 21 September 2005 74 , Commission Directive 2005/58/EC of 21 September 2005 75 , Commission Directive 2005/72/EC of 21 October 2005 76 ,Commission Directive 2006/5/EC of 17 January 2006 77 , Commission Directive 2006/6/EC of 17 January 2006 78 , Commission Directive 2006/10/EC of 27 January 2006 79 , Commission Directive 2006/16/EC of 7 February 2006 80 , Commission Directive 2006/19/EC of 14 February 2006 81 , Commission Directive 2006/39/EC of 12 April 2006 82 , Commission Directive 2006/45/EC of 16 May 200683 , (from 1 June 2007) Commission Directive 2006/74/EC of 21 August 2006 84 , Commission Directive 2006/75/EC of 11 September 2006 85 , Commission Directive 2006/76/EC of 22 September 2006 86 , Commission Directive 2006/41/EC of 7 July 2006, (from 1 July 2007) Commission Directive 2006/131/EC of 11 December 2006, Commission Directive 2006/132/EC of 11 December 2006, Commission Directive 2006/133/EC of 11 December 2006, Commission Directive 2006/134/EC of 11 December 2006, Commission Directive 2006/135/EC of 11 December 2006, Commission Directive 2006/136/EC of 11 December 2006, (from 1 November 2007) Commission Directive 2006/64/EC of 18 July 2006 and (from 1 February 2008) Commission Directive 2006/85/EC of 23 October 2006;”.

3. The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 563 of 2006 ) are revoked.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 January 2007

MARY COUGHLAN

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 amend Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include clothianidin, pethoxamid, methamidophos, procymidone, flusilazole, fenarimol, carbendazim, dinocap, clopyralid, cyprodinil, fosetyl, trinexapac, fenamiphos and ethephon as active substances.

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