Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 636 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2007 No. 636 PESTICIDES, ENGLAND AND WALES The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2007 Made - - - - 1st March 2007 Laid before Parliament 7th March 2007 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(3) The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Assembly for Wales are 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, they make the following Regulations: Citation, interpretation and commencement 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2007. (2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005(c). (3) These Regulations come into force— (a) for the purposes of regulation 2(3), on 1st July 2007; (b) for the purposes of regulation 2(4), on 1st November 2007; (c) for the purposes of regulation 2(5), on 1st December 2007; (d) for the purposes of regulation 2(6), on 1st February 2008; (e) for all other purposes on 31st March 2007. Amendment to the principal Regulations 2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows. (2) At the end of Schedule 1 (instruments amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC), insert in the respective columns indicated the entries set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations. (3) 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. (4) At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entry set out in Part 3 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, S.I. 2006/1295 and S.I. 2006/2933. 2 (5) 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. (6) At the end of Schedule 1, insert in the respective columns indicated the entry set out in Part 5 of the Schedule to these Regulations. Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales Dafydd Ellis-Thomas Presiding Officer 1st March 2007 National Assembly for Wales Jeff Rooker Minister of State 1st March 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs SCHEDULE Regulation 2 AMENDMENTS TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS PART 1 ENTRIES INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 31st MARCH 2007 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/75/EC(a); dimoxystrobin Commission Directive 2006/76/EC(b); None PART 2 ENTRIES INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st JULY 2007 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/131/EC(c); methamidophos Commission Directive 2006/132/EC(d); procymidone Commission Directive 2006/133/EC(e); flusilazole Commission Directive 2006/134/EC(f); fenarimol Commission Directive 2006/135/EC(g); carbendazim Commission Directive 2006/136/EC(h); dinocap (a) OJ No. L248, 12.9.2006, p. 3. (b) OJ No. L263, 23.9.2006, p. 9. (c) OJ No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 17. (d) OJ No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 22. (e) OJ No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 27. (f) OJ No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 32. (g) OJ No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 37. (h) OJ No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 42. 3 PART 3 ENTRY INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st NOVEMBER 2007 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/64/EC(a); clopyralid, cyprodinil, fosetyl and trinexapac PART 4 ENTRY INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st DECEMBER 2007 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/74/EC(b); dichlorprop-P, metconazole, pyrimethanil and triclopyr PART 5 ENTRY INSERTED INTO SCHEDULE 1 ON 1st FEBRUARY 2008 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/85/EC(c); fenamiphos and ethephon (a) OJ No. L206, 27.7.2006, p. 107. (b) OJ No. L235, 30.8.2006, p. 17. (c) OJ No. L293, 24.10.2006, p. 3. 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 five Parts of the Schedule to these Regulations. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. £3.00 Crown copyright 2007 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. 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