The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005

Made: 26th May 2005

Laid before Parliament: 27th May 2005

Coming into force: 1st July 2005

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Title, extent 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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Revocation

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

Part I — Instruments in force

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 ;	lambda-cyhalothrin, imazalil, azoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl, spiroxamine, azimsulfuron, fluroxypyr, metsulfuron-methyl, triasulfuron, esfenvalerate, prohexadione-calcium and bentazone
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 ;	imazamox, oxasulfuron, ethoxysulfuron, foramsulfuron, oxadiargyl, cyazofamid
Commission Directive 2003/31/EC ;	2,4-DB, maleic hydrazide, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, iprodione, linuron, pendimethalin
Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003 ;	None
Commission Directive 2003/39/EC ;	propyzamide, propineb
Commission Directive 2003/68/EC ;	trifloxystrobin, carfentrazone-ethyl, mesotrione, fenamidone, isoxaflutole
Commission Directive 2003/70/EC ;	mecoprop, mecoprop-P, propiconazole
Commission Directive 2003/79/EC ;	coniothyrium minitans
Commission Directive 2003/81/EC ;	molinate, thiram, ziram
Commission Directive 2003/82/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 2003/84/EC ;	flurtamone, flufenacet, iodosulfuron, dimethenamid-p, picoxystrobin, fosthiazate, silthiofam
Commission Directive 2003/112/EC ;	paraquat
Commission Directive 2003/119/EC ;	mesosulfuron, propoxycarbazone and zoxamide
Commission Directive 2004/20/EC ;	chlorpropham
Commission Directive 2004/30/EC ;	benzoic acid, flazasulfuron and pyraclostrobin
Commission Directive 2004/58/EC ;	alpha-cypermethrin, benalaxyl, bromoxynil, desmedipham, ioxynil and phenmedipham
Commission Directive 2004/60/EC ;	quinoxyfen
Commission Directive 2004/62/EC ;	mepanipyrim
Council Directive 2004/66/EC ;	None
Commission Directive 2004/71/EC ;	Pseudomonas chlororaphis
Commission Directive 2004/99/EC ;	acetamiprid and thiacloprid
Council Directive 2005/25/EC .	None

Part II — Instruments coming into force on 1st October 2005

Instruments	Active substances added to Annex I
Commission Directive 2005/2/EC ;	Ampelomyces quisqualis and Gliocladium catenulatum
Commission Directive 2005/3/EC .	imazosulfuron, laminarin, methoxyfenozide and s-metolachlor

SCHEDULE 2 — NON-CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

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SCHEDULE 3 — LABELLING

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SCHEDULE 4 — TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Application of these Regulations and of the 1986 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

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales

D. Elis-Thomas — Presiding Officer — 2005-05-24

Bach — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2005-05-26

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811 and, in the case of the National Assembly for Wales, S.I. 1999/2788.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^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]: OJ No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1986/1510, amended by S.I. 1997/188, 2001/880.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L106, 17.4.2001, p. 1.

[^f00007]: Last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and Council (OJ No L268, 18.10.2003, p. 24).

[^f00008]: OJ No. L33, 8.2.79, p. 36.

[^f00009]: Last amended by Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ No L158, 30.4.2004, p. 7).

[^f00010]: S.I. 2004/3391.

[^f00011]: 1911 c. 27 (1 & 2 Geo 5).

[^f00012]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00013]: 1972 c. 70.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1971/729.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2003/3241.

[^f00016]: S.I. 2004/1810.

[^f00017]: OJ No. L221, 31.8.93, p. 27, (as read with corrigenda published in OJ No. L4, 6.1.96, p. 16).

[^f00018]: OJ No. L194, 29.7.94, p. 65.

[^f00019]: OJ No. L354, 31.12.94, p. 16, (as read with corrigenda published in OJ No. L280, 23.11.95, p. 58).

[^f00020]: OJ No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 6.

[^f00021]: OJ No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 8.

[^f00022]: OJ No. L65, 15.3.96, p. 20.

[^f00023]: OJ No. L214, 23.8.96, p. 18.

[^f00024]: OJ No. L277, 30.10.96, p. 25.

[^f00025]: OJ No. L265, 27.9.97, p. 87.

[^f00026]: OJ No. L309, 9.12.2000, p. 14.

[^f00027]: OJ No. L69, 10.3.2001, p. 17.

[^f00028]: OJ No. L113, 24.4.2001, p. 5.

[^f00029]: OJ No. L164, 20.6.2001, p. 1.

[^f00030]: OJ No. L175, 28.6.2001, p. 21.

[^f00031]: OJ No. L176, 29.6.2001, p. 61.

[^f00032]: OJ No. L276, 19.10.2001, p. 17.

[^f00033]: OJ No. L304, 21.11.2001, p. 14.

[^f00034]: OJ No. L313, 30.11.2001, p. 37.

[^f00035]: OJ No. L55, 26.2.2002, p. 29.

[^f00036]: OJ No. L117, 4.5.2002, p. 10.

[^f00037]: OJ No. L148, 6.6.2002, p. 19.

[^f00038]: OJ No. L189, 18.7.2002, p. 27.

[^f00039]: OJ No. L276, 12.10.2002, p. 28.

[^f00040]: OJ No. L8, 14.1.2003, p. 7.

[^f00041]: OJ No. L81, 28.3.2003, p. 39.

[^f00042]: OJ No. L101, 23.4.2003, p. 3.

[^f00043]: OJ No. L122, 16.5.2003, p. 1, (as read with corrigenda published in OJ No. L138, 5.6.2003, p. 49).

[^f00044]: OJ No. L124, 20.5.2003, p. 30.

[^f00045]: OJ No. L177, 16.7.2003, p. 12 (as amended by Commission Directive 2004/65/EC, OJ No. L125, 28.4.2004, p. 43).

[^f00046]: OJ No. L184, 23.7.2003, p. 9.

[^f00047]: OJ No. L205, 14.8.2003, p. 16 (as amended by Commission Directive 2004/63/EC, OJ No. L125, 28.4.2004, p. 41).

[^f00048]: OJ No. L224, 6.9.2003, p. 29.

[^f00049]: OJ No. L228, 12.9.2003, p. 11.

[^f00050]: OJ No. L247, 30.9.2003, p. 20 (as amended by Commission Directive 2004/64/EC, OJ No. L125, 28.4.2004, p. 42).

[^f00051]: OJ No. L321, 6.12.2003, p. 32.

[^f00052]: OJ No. L325, 12.12.2003, p. 41.

[^f00053]: OJ No. L70, 9.3.2004, p. 32.

[^f00054]: OJ No. L77, 13.3.2004, p. 50.

[^f00055]: OJ No. L120, 24.4.2004, p. 26.

[^f00056]: OJ No. L120, 24.4.2004, p. 39 (as amended by Commission Directive 2004/97/EC, OJ No. L301, 28.9.2004, p. 53).

[^f00057]: OJ No. L125, 28.4.2004, p. 38.

[^f00058]: OJ No. L168, 1.5.2004, p. 35.

[^f00059]: OJ No. L127, 29.4.2004, p. 104.

[^f00060]: OJ No. L309, 6.10.2004, p. 6.

[^f00061]: OJ No. L90, 8.4.2005, p. 1.

[^f00062]: OJ No. L20, 22.1.2005, p. 15.

[^f00063]: OJ No. L20, 22.1.2005, p. 19.

[^f00064]: OJ No. P196, 16.8.67, p. 1 (OJ/SE 1967 p. 234).

[^f00065]: Last amended by Commission Directive 2004/73/EC (OJ No. L152, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

[^f00066]: OJ No. L200, 30.7.1999, p. 1.

[^f00067]: Last amended by Council Directive 2004/66/EC (OJ No. L168, 1.5.2004, p. 35).

[^f00068]: By J Rigaudy and S P Klesney, published by Pergamon (ISBN 0-08022-3699).

[^f00069]: 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

[^key-d9c24be921bb617b7def72d5a4c5b497]: Regulations revoked (24.9.2011) by The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2131), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 (with reg. 30)

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;	lambda-cyhalothrin, imazalil, azoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl, spiroxamine, azimsulfuron, fluroxypyr, metsulfuron-methyl, triasulfuron, esfenvalerate, prohexadione-calcium and bentazone
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;	imazamox, oxasulfuron, ethoxysulfuron, foramsulfuron, oxadiargyl, cyazofamid
Commission Directive 2003/31/EC;	2,4-DB, maleic hydrazide, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, iprodione, linuron, pendimethalin
Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003;	None
Commission Directive 2003/39/EC;	propyzamide, propineb
Commission Directive 2003/68/EC;	trifloxystrobin, carfentrazone-ethyl, mesotrione, fenamidone, isoxaflutole
Commission Directive 2003/70/EC;	mecoprop, mecoprop-P, propiconazole
Commission Directive 2003/79/EC;	Coniothyrium minitans
Commission Directive 2003/81/EC;	molinate, thiram, ziram
Commission Directive 2003/82/EC;	None
Commission Directive 2003/84/EC;	flurtamone, flufenacet, iodosulfuron, dimethenamid-p, picoxystrobin, fosthiazate, silthiofam
Commission Directive 2003/112/EC;	paraquat
Commission Directive 2003/119/EC;	mesosulfuron, propoxycarbazone and zoxamide
Commission Directive 2004/20/EC;	chlorpropham
Commission Directive 2004/30/EC;	benzoic acid, flazasulfuron and pyraclostrobin
Commission Directive 2004/58/EC;	alpha-cypermethrin, benalaxyl, bromoxynil, desmedipham, ioxynil and phenmedipham
Commission Directive 2004/60/EC;	quinoxyfen
Commission Directive 2004/62/EC;	mepanipyrim
Council Directive 2004/66/EC;	None
Commission Directive 2004/71/EC;	Pseudomonas chlororaphis
Commission Directive 2004/99/EC;	acetamiprid and thiacloprid
Council Directive 2005/25/EC;	None
Commission Directive 2005/2/EC;	Ampelomyces quisqualis and Gliocladium catenulatum
Commission Directive 2005/3/EC;	imazosulfuron, laminarin, methoxyfenozide and s-metolachlor
Commission Directive 2005/34/EC.	etoxazole and tepraloxydim
Commission Directive 2005/53/EC;	chlorothalonil, chlorotoluron, cypermethrin, daminozide and thiophanate-methyl
Commission Directive 2005/54/EC;	tribenuron
Commission Directive 2005/57/EC;	MCPA and MCPB
Commission Directive 2005/58/EC;	bifenazate and milbemectin
Commission Directive 2005/72/EC;	chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, mancozeb, maneb and metiram
Commission Directive 2006/5/EC;	warfarin
Commission Directive 2006/6/EC;	tolylfluanid
Commission Directive 2006/10/EC;	forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb
Commission Directive 2006/16/EC;	oxamyl
Commission Directive 2006/19/EC;	1-methylcyclopropene
Commission Directive 2006/39/EC;	clodinafop, pirimicarb, rimsulfuron, tolclofos-methyl and triticonazole
Commission Directive 2006/41/EC	clothianidin and pethoxamid
Commission Directive 2006/45/EC;	None
Commission Directive 2006/75/EC;	dimoxystrobin
Commission Directive 2006/76/EC;	None
Commission Directive 2006/131/EC;	methamidophos
Commission Directive 2006/132/EC;	procymidone
Commission Directive 2006/133/EC;	flusilazole
Commission Directive 2006/134/EC;	fenarimol
Commission Directive 2006/135/EC;	carbendazim
Commission Directive 2006/136/EC;	dinocap

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