Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. No. 251 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2007 No. 251 PESTICIDES Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 Made - - - - 19th April 2007 Coming into operation - 31st May 2007 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being a Department 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, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2), makes the following Regulations: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 31st May 2007. (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(c) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 2.—(1) The Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(d) shall be amended in accordance with this regulation. (2) For Schedule 1 (instruments amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC) there shall be substituted the Schedule to these Regulations. Revocation 3. The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(e) are revoked. (a) S.I. 2000/2812 (b) 1972 c.68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.R. 1984 No. 253 (c) 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) (d) S.R. 2005 No. 526 as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 278 (S.R. 2006 No. 278 is revoked by the present Regulations) (e) S.R. 2006 No. 278 2 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 19th April 2007. J.G. Speers A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. 3 SCHEDULE Regulation 2(2) “SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 2 INSTRUMENTS AMENDING COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 91/414/EEC Part I Instruments in force Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 93/71/EEC(a); None Commission Directive 94/37/EC(b); None Commission Directive 94/79/EC(c); None Commission Directive 95/35/EC(d); None Commission Directive 95/36/EC(e); None Commission Directive 96/12/EC(f); None Commission Directive 96/46/EC(g); None Commission Directive 96/68/EC(h); None Council Directive 97/57/EC(i); None Commission Directive 2000/80/EC(j); Azimsulfuron, azoxystrobin, bentazone esfenvalerate, fluroxypyr, imazalil, kresoxim methyl, lambda-cyhalothrin, metsulfuron methyl, prohexadione-calcium, spiroxamine and triasulfuron Commission Directive 2001/21/EC(k); Amitrole, diquat, pyridate and thiabendazole Commission Directive 2001/28/EC(l); fenhexamid Commission Directive 2001/36/EC(m); None Commission Directive 2001/47/EC(n); Paecilomyces fumosoroseus Commission Directive 2001/49/EC(o); Flupyrsulfuron-methyl Commission Directive 2001/87/EC(p); Acibenzolar-s-methyl, cyclanilide, ferric phosphate, pymetrozine and pyraflufen-ethyl Commission Directive 2001/99/EC(q); Glyphosate and thifensulfuron-methyl Commission Directive 2001/103/EC(r); 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (a) O.J. No. L221, 31.8.93, p. 27 (to be read with Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L4, 6.1.96, p. 16) (b) O.J. No. L194, 29.7.94, p. 65 (c) O.J. No. L354, 31.12.94, p. 16 (to be read with Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L280, 23.11.95, p. 58) (d) O.J. No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 6 (e) O.J. No. L172, 22.7.95, p. 8 (f) O.J. No. L65, 15.3.96, p. 20 (g) O.J. No. L214, 23.8.96, p. 18 (h) O.J. No. L277, 30.10.96, p. 25 (i) O.J. No. L265, 27.9.97, p. 87 (j) O.J. No. L309, 9.12.2000, p. 14 (k) O.J. No. L69, 10.3.2001, p. 17 (l) O.J. No. L113, 24.4.2001, p. 5 (m) O.J. No. L164, 20.6.2001, p. 1 (n) O.J. No. L175, 28.6.2001, p. 21 (o) O.J. No. L176, 29.6.2001, p. 61 (p) O.J. No. L276, 19.10.2001, p. 17 (q) O.J. No. L304, 21.11.2001, p. 14 (r) O.J. No. L313, 30.11.2001, p. 37 4 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2002/18/EC(a); Isoproturon Commission Directive 2002/37/EC(b); Ethofumesate Commission Directive 2002/48/EC(c); Iprovalicarb, prosulfuron and sulfosulfuron Commission Directive 2002/64/EC(d); Cinidon-ethyl, cyhalofop-butyl, famoxadone, florasulam, metalaxyl-M and picolinafen Commission Directive 2002/81/EC(e); Flumioxazine Commission Directive 2003/5/EC(f); Deltamethrin Commission Directive 2003/23/EC(g); Cyazofamid, ethoxysulfuron, foramsulfuron, imazamox, oxadiargyl and oxasulfuron Commission Directive 2003/31/EC(h); 2,4-DB, beta-cyfluthrin, cyfluthrin, iprodione, linuron, maleic hydrazide, and pendimethalin Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003(i); None Commission Directive 2003/39/EC(j); Propyzamide and propineb Commission Directive 2003/68/EC(k); Carfentrazone-ethyl, fenamidone, isoxaflutole, mesotrione and trifloxystrobin Commission Directive 2003/70/EC(l); Mecoprop, mecoprop-P and propiconazole Commission Directive 2003/79/EC(m); Coniothyrium minitans Commission Directive 2003/81/EC(n); Molinate, thiram and ziram Commission Directive 2003/82/EC(o); None Commission Directive 2003/84/EC(p); Dimethenamid-p, flufenacet, flurtamone, fosthiazate, iodosulfuron, picoxystrobin and silthiofam Commission Directive 2003/112/EC(q); Paraquat Commission Directive 2003/119/EC(r); Mesosulfuron, propoxycarbazone and zoxamide Commission Directive 2004/20/EC(s); Chlorpropham Commission Directive 2004/30/EC(t); Benzoic acid, flazasulfuron and pyraclostrobin Commission Directive 2004/58/EC(u); Alpha-cypermethrin, benalaxyl, bromoxynil, desmedipham, ioxynil and phenmedipham Commission Directive 2004/60/EC(v); Quinoxyfen Commission Directive 2004/62/EC(w); Mepanipyrim Council Directive 2004/66/EC(x); None (a) O.J. No. L55, 26.2.2002, p. 29 (b) O.J. No. L117, 4.5.2002, p. 10 (c) O.J. No. L148, 6.6.2002, p. 19 (d) O.J. No. L189, 18.7.2002, p. 27 (e) O.J. No. L276, 12.10.2002, p. 28 (f) O.J. No. L8, 14.1.2003, p. 7 (g) O.J. No. L81, 28.3.2003, p. 39 (h) O.J. No. L101, 23.4.2003, p. 3 (i) O.J. No. L122, 16.5.2003, p. 1 (to be read with Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L138, 5.6.2003, p. 49) (j) O.J. No. L124, 20.5.2003, p. 30 (k) O.J. No. L177, 16.7.2003, p. 12 as amended by Directive 2004/65/EC published in O.J. No. L125, 28.4.2004, p. 43 (l) O.J. No. L184, 23.7.2003, p. 9 (m) O.J. No. L205, 14.8.2003, p. 16 as amended by Directive 2004/63/EC published in O.J. No. L125, 28.4.2004, p. 41 (n) O.J. No. L224, 6.9.2003, p. 29 (o) O.J. No. L228, 12.9.2003, p. 11 (p) O.J. No. L247, 30.9.2003, p. 20 as amended by Directive 2004/64/EC published in O.J. No. L125, 28.4.2004, p. 42 (q) O.J. No. L321, 6.12.2003, p. 32 (r) O.J. No. L325, 12.12.2003, p. 41 (s) O.J. No. L70, 9.3.2004, p. 32 (t) O.J. No. L77, 13.3.2004, p. 50 (u) O.J. No. L120, 24.4.2004, p. 26 (v) O.J. No. L120, 24.4.2004, p. 39 as amended by Directive 2004/97/EC published in O.J. No. L301, 28.9.2004, p. 53 (w) O.J. No. L125, 28.4.2004, p. 38 (x) O.J. No. L168, 1.5.2004, p. 35 5 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2004/71/EC(a); Pseudomonas chlororaphis Commission Directive 2004/99/EC(b); Acetamiprid and thiacloprid Commission Directive 2005/2/EC(c); Ampelomyces quisqualis and gliocladium catenulatum Commission Directive 2005/3/EC(d); Imazosulfuron, laminarin, methoxyfenozide and s-metolachlor Council Directive 2005/25/EC(e); None Commission Directive 2005/34/EC(f); Etoxazole and tepraloxydim Commission Directive 2005/53/EC(g); Chlorothalonil, chlorotoluron cypermethrin, daminozide and thiophanate-methyl Commission Directive 2005/54/EC(h); Tribenuron Commission Directive 2005/57/EC(i); MCPA and MCPB Commission Directive 2005/58/EC(j); Bifenazate and milbemectin Commission Directive 2005/72/EC(k); Chlorpyriphos, chlorpyriphos-methyl, mancozeb, maneb and metiram Commission Directive 2006/5/EC(l); Warfarin Commission Directive 2006/6/EC(m); Tolylfluanid Commission Directive 2006/10/EC(n); Forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb Commission Directive 2006/16/EC(o); Oxamyl Commission Directive 2006/19/EC(p); 1-methylcyclopropene Commission Directive 2006/39/EC(q) (provisions applying from 1st August 2007); Clodinafop, pirimicarb, rimsulfuron, tolclofos-methyl and triticonazole Commission Directive 2006/41/EC(r); Clothianidin and pethoxamid Commission Directive 2006/45/EC(s); None Commission Directive 2006/64/EC(t) (provisions applying from 1st November 2007); Clopyralid, cyprodinil, fosetyl and trinexapac Commission Directive 2006/75/EC(u); Dimoxystrobin Commission Directive 2006/131/EC(v) (provisions applying from 1st July 2007); Methamidophos Commission Directive 2006/132/EC(w) (provisions applying from 1st July 2007); Procymidone Commission Directive 2006/133/EC(x) (provisions applying from 1st July 2007); Flusilazole (a) O.J. No. L127, 29.4.2004, p. 104 (b) O.J. No. L309, 6.10.2004, p. 6 (c) O.J. No. L20, 22.1.2005, p. 15 (d) O.J. No. L20, 22.1.2005, p. 19 (e) O.J. No. L90, 8.4.2005, p. 1 (f) O.J. No. L125, 18.5.2005, p. 5 (g) O.J. No. L241, 17.9.2005, p. 51 as amended by Directive 2006/76/EC published in O.J. No. L263, 23.9.2006, p. 9 (h) O.J. No. L244, 20.9.2005, p. 21 (i) O.J. No. L246, 22.9.2005, p. 14 (j) O.J. No. L246, 22.9.2005, p. 17 (k) O.J. No. L279, 22.10.2005, p. 63 (l) O.J. No. L12, 18.1.2006, p. 17 (m) O.J. No. L12, 18.1.2006, p. 21 (n) O.J. No. L25, 28.1.2006, p. 24 (o) O.J. No. L36, 8.2.2006, p. 37 (p) O.J. No. L44, 15.2.2006, p. 15 (q) O.J. No. L104, 13.4.2006, p. 30 (r) O.J. No. L187, 8.7.2006, p. 24 (s) O.J. No. L130, 15.5.2006, p. 27 (t) O.J. No. L206, 27.7.2006, p. 107 (u) O.J. No. L248, 12.9.2006, p. 3 (v) O.J. No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 17 (w) O.J. No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 22 (x) O.J. No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 27 6 Instruments Active substances added to Annex I Commission Directive 2006/134/EC(a) (provisions applying from 1st July 2007); Fenarimol Commission Directive 2006/135/EC(b) (provisions applying from 1st July 2007); Carbendazim Commission Directive 2006/136/EC(c) (provisions applying from 1st July 2007); Dinocap Commission Directive 2007/6/EC(d) (provisions applying from 1st August 2007) Metrafenone, Bacillus subtilis, spinosad and thiamethoxam Commission Directive 2007/21/EC(e) (provisions applying from 13December 2007) None Part II Instruments coming into force Instruments Active substances added to Annex I From 1st June 2007: Commission Directive 2006/74/EC(f) (provisions applying from 1st December 2007); Dichlorprop-P, metconazole, pyrimethanil and triclopyr From 1st August 2007: Commission Directive 2006/85/EC(g) (provisions applying from 1st February 2008); Fenamiphos and ethephon From 1st October 2007: Commission Directive 2007/5/EC(h) (provisions applying from 1st April 2008) Captan, folpet, formetanate and methiocarb” (a) O.J. No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 32 (b) O.J. No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 37 (c) O.J. No. L349, 12.12.2006, p. 42 (d) O.J. No. L43, 15.2.2007, p. 13 (e) O.J. No. L97, 12.4..2007, p. 42 (f) O.J. No. L235, 30.8.2006, p. 17 (g) O.J. No. L293, 24.10.2006, p. 3 (h) O.J. No. L35, 8.2.2007, p. 11 7 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 526) (“the principal Regulations”) which implement in Northern Ireland Council Directive 91/414/EEC (O.J. No. L230, 19.8.91, p. 1 to be read with the Corrigenda published in O.J. No. L170, 25.6.92, p. 40) concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (“the Directive”), as amended. Schedule 1 which sets out the instruments that amend that Directive is replaced by the Schedule to these Regulations, which lists an additional 13 Directives that add a further 27 active substances to Annex I. In consequence the list of active substances which can be used in products capable of being approved under regulations 5 and 6 of the principal Regulations for placing on the market is extended accordingly. The Regulations also includes: (a) Directive 2006/76/EC which amends the active substance specification for Chlorothalonil which was added to Schedule 1 by Directive 2005/53/EC and; (b) Directive 2007/7/EC which amends the expiry dates of 7 active substances already added to Schedule 1 by Directive 2000/80/EC. Published and printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Dd. N3235. C2. 4/07. Gp. 130. 14567.