European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products)(Amendment)Regulations, 2001 (No. 33 of 2001)

S.I. No. 33 of 2001 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AUTHORISATION, PLACING ON THE MARKET, USE AND CONTROL OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2001 I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive No 91/414/EEC of 15 July 19911, and for the purposes of giving effect to Commission Directive 2000/66/EC of 23 October 20002, Commission Directive 2000/67/EC of 23 October 20003 and Commission Directive 2000/68/EC of 23 October 20004, hereby make the following Regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001. (2) The European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 1994 to 2000 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 1994 to 2001 and shall be construed together as one. 2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 139 of 1994). 3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (I) for the definition of“Annex 1 ” of the following definition: “ “ Annex 1 ” means Annex 1 to the Directive of 1991 as altered by Commission Directive 97/73/EC of 15 December 19975, Commission Directive 98/47/EC of 25 June 19986,Commission Directive 1999/1/EC of 21 January 19997, Commission Directive1999/73/EC of 19 July 19998, Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 19999, Commission Directive 2000/10/EC of 1 March 200010, Commission Directive 2000/49/EC of 26 July 200011, Commission Directive 2000/50/EC of 26 July 200012, 1O.J. No. L230/1 19/8/19916 O.J. No. L191/50 07/7/1998 11 O.J. No. L197/32 03/8/2000 2O.J. No. L276/35 28/10/20007 O.J. No. L21/21 28/1/1999 12 O.J. No. L198/39 04/8/2000 3O.J. No. L276/38 28/10/20008 O.J. No. L206/16 05/8/1999 4O.J. No. L276/41 28/10/20009 O.J. No. L210/13 10/8/1999 5O.J. No. L353/26 24/12/199710 O.J. No. L57/28 02/3/2000 2 Commission Directive 2000/66/EC of 23 October 20002 , Commission Directive2000/67/EC of 23 October 20003 and Commission Directive 2000/68/EC of 23 October 20004.” Given under my Official Seal, this 1st day ofFebruary, 2001. L.S. Joe Walsh Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. 2 O.J. No. L 276/35 28/10/2000 3 O.J. No. L 276/38 28/10/2000 4 O.J. No. L 276/41 28/10/2000 Explanatory Note (This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) These Regulations give effect to Commission Directive 2000/66/EC of 23 October 2000, Commission Directive 2000/67/EC of 23 October 2000 and Commission Directive 2000/68/EC of 23 October 2000 which provide for the inclusion of the active substances: triasulfuron, esfenvalerate and bentazone respectively, in Annex 1 to Council Directive 91/414/EEC. Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2. Pn. No. : 9557