European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (No. 2) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 198 of 1999)

S.I. No. 198 of 1999. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AUTHORISATION, PLACING ON THE MARKET, USE AND CONTROL OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1999. I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive No. 91/414/EEC for 15 July 19911, and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 97/73/EC of 15 December 19972, and Commission Directive 1999/1 of 21 January 19993, hereby make the following Regulations: 3 O.J. No. L21/21 of 28/01/1999 2 O.J. No. L353/26 of 24/12/1997 1 O.J. No. L230/1 of 19/8/1991 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, 1999. (2) The European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 1994 to 1997 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 1999 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 98/47/EC of 25 June 1998, Commission Directive 97/73/EC of 15 December 1997 and Commission Directive 1999/1/EC of 21 January 1999". GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of June, 1999. JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food 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 97/73/EC of 15 December 1997 and Commission Directive 1999/1/EC of 21 January 1999 which provides for the inclusion of the active substances Imazalil and Kresoximmethyl in Annex 1 to Council Directive 91/414/EEC.