Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made: 19th March 2004

Coming into operation: 5th May 2004

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Citation 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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Revocations

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

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;	Azimsulfuron, azoxystrobin, bentazone esfenvalerate, fluroxypyr, imazalil, kresoxim-methyl, lambda-cyhalothrin, metsulfuron-methyl, prohexadione-calcium, spiroxamine and triasulfuron
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;	Cyazofamid, ethoxysulfuron, foramsulfuron, imazamox, oxadiargyl and oxasulfuron
Commission Directive 2003/31/EC;	2,4-DB, beta-cyfluthrin, cyfluthrin, iprodione, linuron, maleic hydrazide and pendimethalin
Commission Directive 2003/39/EC;	Propyzamide and propineb
Commission Directive 2003/68/EC;	Carfentrazone-ethyl, fenamidone, isoxaflutole, mesotrione and trifloxstrobin
Commission Directive 2003/70/EC;	Mecoprop, mecoprop-P and propiconazole
Commission Directive 2003/79/EC;	Coniothyrium minitans
Commission Directive 2003/81/EC;	Molinate, thiram and ziram
Commission Directive 2003/82/EC;	None
Commission Directive 2003/84/EC;	Dimethenamid-p, flufenacet, flurtamone, fosthiazate, iodosulfuron, picoxystrobin and silthiofam
Commission Directive 2003/119/EC;	Mesosulfuron, propoxycarbazone and zoxamide
Commission Directive 2004/30/EC;	Benzoic acid, flazasulfuron and pyraclostrobin
As from 1st October 2004
Commission Directive 2004/60/EC;	Quinoxyfen
Commission Directive 2004/62/EC;	Mepanipyrim
Commission Directive 2004/71/EC;	Pseudomonas chlororaphis
As from 1st November 2004
Commission Directive 2003/112/EC;	Paraquat
As from 1st February 2005
Commission Directive 2004/20/EC;	Chlorpropham
As from the 1st March 2005
Commission Directive 2004/58/EC;	alpha-cypermethrin, benalaxyl, bromoxynil, desmedipham, ioxynil and phenmedipham

SCHEDULE 2 — INFORMATION NOT TO BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL

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SCHEDULE 3 — LABELLING REQUIREMENTS

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SCHEDULE 4 — TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Application of these Regulations and of the 1987 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

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 19th March 2004.

D. Small — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2000/2812

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.R. 1984 No. 253

[^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]: O.J. No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1

[^f00005]: S.R. 1987 No. 414 as amended by regulation 21(3) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (Consequential Modifications) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991 (S.R. 1991 No. 203), S.R. 1997 No. 469 and regulation 42 of the Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 422)

[^f00006]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L106, 17.4.2001, p. 1

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L33, 8.2.79, p. 36. The last amending instrument is Council Regulation 807/2003/EC (O.J. No. L122, 16.5.2003, p. 36)

[^f00009]: S.R. 1993 No. 45, amended by S.R. 1998 No. 238

[^f00010]: 1972 c. 7

[^f00011]: As amended by 1989 c. 27 section 2

[^f00012]: S.R. 2002 No. 301

[^f00013]: S.R. 1995 No. 371

[^f00014]: S.R. 1997 No. 471

[^f00015]: S.R. 1997 No. 507

[^f00016]: S.R. 2003 No. 79

[^f00050]: O.J. No. L196, 16.8.67, p. 1 (O.J./S.E. 1967 p. 234)

[^f00051]: Last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003 (O.J. No. L122, 16.5.2003, p. 1)

[^f00052]: O.J. No. L200, 30.7.1999, p. 1

[^f00053]: Amended by Commission Directive 2001/60/EC (O.J. No. L226, 22.8.2001, p. 5)

[^f00054]: By J Rigaudy and S P Klesney, published by Pergamon (ISBN 0-08022-3699)

[^f00055]: By R Panico, W H Powell and J-C Richer, published by Blackwell Science (ISBN 0-63203-4882). Corrections published in Pure Appl.Chem., vol. 71, No. 7, pp. 1327-1330, 1999

Editorial notes

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