Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 (L.N. 141 of 2008)

Government Gazette of Malta No. 18, 260 - 03.06.2008 L.N. 141 of 2008 PESTICIDES CONTROL ACT Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4 and 5 of the Pesticides Control Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs, in consultation with the Prime Minister and with the Minister for Social Policy, has made the following regulations> 1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 and they shall be read and construed as one with Plant Protection Products Regulations, 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. (2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission Directive 2007/50/EC of 2 August 2007 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include beflubutamid and Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus as active substances, Commission Directive 2007/52/EC of 16 August 2007 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include ethosprophos, pirimiphos-methyl and fipronil as active substances and Commission Directive 2007/76/EC of 20 December 2007 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include fludioxonil, clomazone and prosulfocarb as active substances. 2. In Schedule IV to the principal regulations, immediately after item 160 “Propanocarb” there shall be added the entries for items 161 to 168 having as their Common Name Ethosprophos, Pirimiphos-methyl, Fipronil, Beflubutamid, Spodoptera exigua, Fludioxonil, Clomazone and Prosulfocarb as active substances as laid down in Schedule I to these regulations. Schedule I Regulation 2(1) No Common Name Inclusion Directive Date for implementation* 161 Ethosprophos Commission Directive 2007/52/EC 1 April 2008 162 Pirimiphos-methyl Commission Directive 2007/52/EC 1 April 2008 163 Fipronil Commission Directive 2007/52/EC 1 April 2008 164 Beflubutamid Commission Directive 2007/50/EC 1 June 2008 165 Spodoptera exigua Commission Directive 2007/50/EC 1 June 2008 166 Fludioxonil Commission Directive 2007/76/EC 1 May 2009 167 Clomazone Commission Direction 2007/76/EC 1 May 2009 168 Prosulfocarb Commission Directive 2007/76/EC 1 May 2009