S.I. No. 128 of 2006

European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

I, Mary Coughlan, 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), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005¹ and Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005² hereby make the following Regulations:

1.         These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

2.         The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 83 of 2003 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of -�Directive of 1991-� the following-

-�-�Directive of 1991-� means Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991³ , as amended by the Corrigendum to Council Directive 91/414/EEC ⁴ , Commission Directive 93/71/EEC of 27 July 1993⁵ , the Corrigendum to Commission Directive 93/71/EEC ⁶ , Commission Directive 94/37/EC of 22 July 1994 ⁷ , Commission Directive 94/79/EC of 21 December 1994 ⁸ , the Corrigendum to Commission Directive 94/79/EEC ⁹ , Commission Directive 95/35/EC of 14 July 1995 ¹⁰ , Commission Directive 95/36/EC of 14 July 1995 ¹¹ , Commission Directive 96/12/EC of 8 March 1996 ¹² , Commission Directive 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996 ¹³ , Commission Directive 96/68/EC of 21 October 1996 ¹⁴ , Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997 ¹⁵ , Commission Directive 2000/80/EC of 4 December 2000 ¹⁶ , Commission Directive 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001 ¹⁷ , Commission Directive 2001/28/EC of 20 April 2001 ¹⁸ , Commission Directive 2001/47/EC of 25 June 2001 ¹⁹ , Commission Directive 2001/49/EC of 28 June 2001 ²⁰ , Commission Directive 2001/87/EC of 12 October 2001²¹ , Commission Directive 2001/99/EC of 20 November 2001²² , Commission Directive 2001/36/EC of 16 May 2001 ²³ , Commission Directive 2001/103/EC of 28 November 2001 ²⁴ , Commission Directive 2002/18/EC of 22 February 2002 ²⁵ , Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002 ²⁶ , Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002 ²⁷ Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002 ²⁸ , Commission Directive 2002/81/EC of 10 October 2002²⁹ , Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 2003³⁰ , Commission Directive 2003/23/EC of 25 March 2003³¹ , Commission Directive 2003/31/EC of 11 April 2003³² , Commission Directive 2003/39/EC of 15 May 2003³³ , Commission Directive 2003/68/EC of 11 July 2003³⁴ , Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003³⁵ , Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003³⁶ , Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003³⁷ , Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003³⁸ , Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003³⁹ , Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003⁴⁰ , Commission Directive 2003/119/EC of 5 December 2003⁴¹ ; Commission Decision 2003/565/EC of 25 July 2003⁴² ; Commission Directive 2004/20/EC of 2 March 2004⁴³ ; Commission Directive 2004/30/EC of 10 March 2004⁴⁴ ; Commission Directive 2004/58/EC of 23 April 2004⁴⁵ ; Commission Directive 2004/60/EC of 23 April 2004⁴⁶ ; Commission Directive 2004/62/EC of 26 April 2004⁴⁷ ; Commission Directive 2004/63/EC of 26 April 2004⁴⁸ , Commission Directive 2004/64/EC of 26 April 2004⁴⁹ ; Commission Directive 2004/65/EC of 26 April 2004⁵⁰ ; Council Directive 2004/66/EC of 26 April 2004⁵¹ ; Commission Directive 2004/71/EC of 28 April 2004⁵² ; Commission Directive 2004/99/EC of 1 October 2004⁵³ ; Commission Directive 2005/2/EC of 19 January 2005⁵⁴ , Commission Directive 2005/3/EC of 19 January 2005⁵⁵ , Council Directive 2005/25/EC of 14 March 2005⁵⁶ , Commission Directive 2004/97/EC of 27 September 2004⁵⁷ , Commission Directive 2004/115/EC of 15 December 2004⁵⁸ , Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2004/115/EC of 15 December 2004⁵⁹ , Commission Directive 2005/34/EC of 17 May 2005⁵⁹ , Commission Directive 2005/58/EC of 21 September 2005⁶⁰ , Commission Directive 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005 and Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005-�.

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 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005 and Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include chlorothalonil, chlorotoluron, cypermethrin, daminozide, thiophanate-methyl and tribenuron as active substances.

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