The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Made: 10th November 1998

Laid before Parliament: 11th November 1998

Coming into force: 11th December 1998

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State being Ministers designated¹ for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972² in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and, in respect of regulation 3 of the following Regulations, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973³ with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 11th December 1998.

Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995

2

Regulation 2(1) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995⁴ shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” the following definition–

• “the Directive” means Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market⁵, as amended by– Commission Directive 93/71/EEC⁶; Commission Directive 94/37/EC⁷; Commission Directive 94/79/EC⁸; Commission Directive 95/35/EC⁹; Commission Directive 95/36/EC¹⁰; Commission Directive 96/12/EC¹¹; Commission Directive 96/46/EC¹²; Commission Directive 96/68/EC¹³; Council Directive 97/57/EC¹⁴; Commission Directive 98/47/EC¹⁵;

Amendment of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995

3

Regulation 2 of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995¹⁶ shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “principal Regulations” the following definition–

• “principal Regulations” means the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 as amended by– the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1996¹⁷; the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1997¹⁸; the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997¹⁹; the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1998;

Signed

Jeff Rooker — Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 10th November 1998

Sewel — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 8th November 1998

We consent to the making of regulation 3 of these Regulations,

Jim Dowd — Jane Kennedy — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 6th November 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/887), as amended (S.I. 1996/1940, 1997/7 and 1997/2499), (“the principal Regulations”) which implement in Great Britain Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1 as read with OJ No. L170, 25.6.92, p. 40) (“the Directive”), as amended.

The Regulations amend the definition of the Directive provided in the principal Regulations in consequence of Commission Directive 98/47/EC (OJ No. L191, 7.7.98, p. 50) which includes an active substance (azoxystrobin) in Annex I to the Directive. They also make a consequential amendment to the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/888), as amended (S.I. 1997/884).

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