Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 1295 of 2006)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2006 No. 1295 PESTICIDES, ENGLAND AND WALES The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2006 Made - - - - 10th May 2006 Laid before Parliament 11th May 2006 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1 (3) to (9) The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Assembly for Wales being designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly (the National Assembly for Wales acting in relation to Wales only), in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by that section, make the following Regulations: Citation, interpretation and commencement 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2006. (2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005(c). (3) Subject to paragraph (4) to (9), these Regulations shall come into force on 1st June 2006. (4) Regulation 4 shall come into force on 1st September 2006. (5) Regulation 5 shall come into force on 1st October 2006. (6) Regulation 6 shall come into force on 1st November 2006. (7) Regulation 7 shall come into force on 1st January 2007. (8) Regulation 8 shall come into force on 1st February 2007. (9) Regulation 9 shall come into force on 1st April 2007. Amendment to the Principal Regulations 2. The Principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 9. Amendment coming into force on 1st June 2006 3. At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entry set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations. (a) S.I. 1972/1811 and, in the case of the National Assembly for Wales, S.I. 2005/2766. (b) 1972 c.68. (c) S.I. 2005/1435, amended by S.I. 2005/3197. 2 Amendment coming into force on 1st September 2006 4. At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entries set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations. Amendment coming into force on 1st October 2006 5. At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entries set out in Part 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations. Amendment coming into force on 1st November 2006 6. At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entry set out in Part 4 of the Schedule to these Regulations. Amendment coming into force on 1st January 2007 7. At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entries set out in Part 5 of the Schedule to these Regulations. Amendment coming into force on 1st February 2007 8. At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entry set out in Part 6 of the Schedule to these Regulations. Amendment coming into force on 1st April 2007 9. At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entries set out in Part 7 of the Schedule to these Regulations. Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales D Elis-Thomas Presiding Officer 9th May 2006 National Assembly for Wales Jeff Rooker Minister of State 10th May 2006 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 3 SCHEDULE Regulations 3 to 9 AMENDMENTS TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS PART 1 ENTRY INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st JUNE 2006 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2005/58/EC(a); bifenazate and milbemectin PART 2 ENTRIES INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st SEPTEMBER 2006 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2005/53/EC(b); chlorothalonil, chlorotoluron, cypermethrin, daminozide and thiophanate-methyl Commission Directive 2005/54/EC(c); tribenuron PART 3 ENTRIES INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st OCTOBER 2006 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/10/EC(d); forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb Commission Directive 2006/19/EC(e); 1-methylcyclopropene PART 4 ENTRY INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st NOVEMBER 2006 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2005/57/EC(f); MCPA and MCPB PART 5 ENTRY INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st JANUARY 2007 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2005/72/EC(g); chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, mancozeb, maneb and metiram (a) OJ No. L246, 22.9.2005, p. 17. (b) OJ No. L241, 17.9.2005, p. 51. (c) OJ No. L244, 20.9.2005, p. 21. (d) OJ No. L25, 28.1.2006, p. 24. (e) OJ No. L 44 15.2.2006, p. 15. (f) OJ No. L246, 22.9.2005, p. 14. (g) OJ No. L279, 22.10.2005, p. 63. 4 PART 6 ENTRY INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st FEBRUARY 2007 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/16/EC(a); oxamyl PART 7 ENTRIES INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st APRIL 2007 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/5/EC(b); warfarin Commission Directive 2006/6/EC(c); tolylfluanid EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1435) (“the Principal Regulations”) which implement in England and Wales 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 corrigenda published in OJ No. L170, 25.6.92, p.40). Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, which sets out the instruments that amend that Directive, is amended by the insertion of the entries set out in the various Parts of the Schedule to these Regulations, which list additional Directives that add one or more further active substances to Annex I of the Council Directive. In consequence the list of active substances which can be used in products capable of being approved under regulations 5 and 6 of the 2005 Regulations for placing on the market and use is extended accordingly. The amendments relating to the entries set out in Parts 1 to 7 of the Schedule come into force as follows: Part 1: 1st June 2006 Part 2: 1st September 2006 Part 3: 1st October 2006 Part 4: 1st November 2006 Part 5: 1st January 2007 Part 6: 1st February 2007 Part 7: 1st April 2007 A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared in respect of these Regulations as they have no impact on the costs of business. (a) OJ No. L36, 8.2.2006, p. 37. (b) OJ No. L12, 18.1.2006, p. 17. (c) OJ No. L12, 18.1.2006, p. 21. £3.00 Crown copyright 2006 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. E0671 5/2006 160671T 19585