S.I. No. 283 of 2006

European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) 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 2005/57/EC of 21 September 2005¹ , Commission Directive 2005/72/EC of 21 October 2005² , Commission Directive 2006/5/EC of 17 January 2006³ , Commission Directive 2006/6/EC of 17 January 2006⁴ , Commission Directive 2006/10/EC of 27 January 2006⁵ , Commission Directive 2006/16/EC of 7 February 2006⁶ , Commission Directive 2006/19/EC of 14 February 2006⁷ and Commission Directive 2006/39/EC of 12 April 2006⁸ 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) (No. 2) 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 1991⁹ , Commission Directive 93/71/EEC of 27 July 1993¹⁰ , Commission Directive 94/37/EC of 22 July 1994¹¹ , Council Directive 94/43/EC of 27 July 1994¹² , Commission Directive 94/79/EC of 21 December 1994¹³ , Commission Directive 95/35/EC of 14 July 1995¹⁴ , Commission Directive 95/36/EC of 14 July 1995¹⁵ , Commission Directive 96/12/EC of 8 March 1996¹⁶ , Commission Directive 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996¹⁷ , Commission Directive 96/68/EC of 21 October 1996¹⁸ , Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997¹⁹ , Commission Directive 97/73/EC of 15 December 1997²⁰ , Commission Directive 98/47/EC of 25 June 1998²¹ , Commission Directive 1999/1/EC of 21 January 1999²² , Commission Directive 1999/73/EC of 19 July 1999²³ , Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 1999²⁴ , Commission Directive 2000/10/EC of 1 March 2000²⁵ , Commission Directive 2000/49/EC of 26 July 2000²⁶ , Commission Directive 2000/50/EC of 26 July 2000²⁷ , Commission Directive 2000/66/EC of 23 October 2000²⁸ , Commission Directive 2000/67/EC of 23 October 2000²⁹ , Commission Directive 2000/68/EC of 23 October 2000³⁰ , Commission Directive 2000/80/EC of 4 December 2000³¹ , Commission Directive 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001³² , Commission Directive 2001/28/EC of 20 April 2001³³ , Commission Directive 2001/36/EC of 16 May 2001³⁴ , Commission Directive 2001/47/EC of 25 June 2001³⁵ , Commission Directive 2001/49/EC of 28 June 2001³⁶ , Commission Directive 2001/87/EC of 12 October 2001³⁷ , Commission Directive 2001/99/EC of 20 November 2001³⁸ , Commission Directive 2001/103/EC of 28 November 2001³⁹ , Commission Directive 2002/18/EC of 22 February 2002⁴⁰ , Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002⁴¹ , Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002⁴² Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002⁴³ , Commission Directive 2002/81/EC of 10 October 2002⁴⁴ , Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 2003⁴⁵ , Commission Directive 2003/23/EC of 25 March 2003⁴⁶ , Commission Directive 2003/31/EC of 11 April 2003⁴⁷ , Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003⁴⁸ , Commission Directive 2003/39/EC of 15 May 2003⁴⁹ , Commission Directive 2003/68/EC of 11 July 2003⁵⁰ , Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003⁵¹ , Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003⁵² , Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003⁵³ , Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003⁵⁴ , Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003⁵⁵ , Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003⁵⁶ , Commission Directive 2003/119/EC of 5 December 2003⁵⁷ ; Commission Decision 2003/565/EC of 25 July 2003⁵⁸ ; Commission Directive 2004/20/EC of 2 March 2004⁵⁹ ; Commission Directive 2004/30/EC of 10 March 2004⁶⁰ ; Commission Directive 2004/58/EC of 23 April 2004⁶¹ ; Commission Directive 2004/60/EC of 23 April 2004⁶² ; Commission Directive 2004/62/EC of 26 April 2004⁶³ ; Commission Directive 2004/63/EC of 26 April 2004⁶⁴ , Commission Directive 2004/64/EC of 26 April 2004⁶⁵ ; Commission Directive 2004/65/EC of 26 April 2004⁶⁶ ; Council Directive 2004/66/EC of 26 April 2004⁶⁷ ; Commission Directive 2004/71/EC of 28 April 2004⁶⁸ ; Commission Directive 2004/99/EC of 1 October 2004⁶⁹ ; Commission Directive 2005/2/EC of 19 January 2005⁷⁰ , Commission Directive 2005/3/EC of 19 January 2005⁷¹ , Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005⁷² , Council Directive 2005/25/EC of 14 March 2005⁷³ , Commission Directive 2004/97/EC of 27 September 2004⁷⁴ , Commission Directive 2004/115/EC of 15 December 2004⁷⁵ , Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2004/115/EC of 15 December 2004⁷⁶ , Commission Directive 2005/34/EC of 17 May 2005⁷⁷ , Commission Directive 2005/58/EC of 21 September 2005⁷⁸ , Commission Directive 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005⁷⁹ and Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005⁸⁰ , (from 1 November 2006) Commission Directive 2005/57/EC of 21 September 2005, (from 1 January 2007) Commission Directive 2005/72/EC of 21 October 2005, (from 1 April 2007) Commission Directive 2006/5/EC of 17 January 2006, (from 1 April 2007) Commission Directive 2006/6/EC, (from 1 October 2006) Commission Directive 2006/10/EC of 27 January 2006, (from 1 February 2007) Commission Directive 2006/16/EC of 7 February 2006, (from 1 October 2006) Commission Directive 2006/19/EC of 14 February 2006 and (from 1 August 2007) Commission Directive 2006/39/EC of 12 April 2006-�.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include MCPA, MCPB, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, mancozeb, maneb, metiram, warfarin, tolylfluanid, forchlorfenuron, indoxacarb, oxamyl, 1-methylcyclopropene, clodinafop, pirimicarb, rimsulfuron, tolclofos-methyl and triticonazole as active substances.

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