S.I. No. 675 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AUTHORIZATION, PLACING ON THE MARKET, USE AND CONTROL OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 3) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 5th October, 2007.

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 2007/31/EC of 31 May 2007 ¹ , Commission Directive 2007/50/EC of 2 August 2007 ² and Commission Decision 2007/452/EC of 29 June 2007 ³ , 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. 3) Regulations 2007.

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� (inserted by the European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 282 of 2007 )) the following-

� � Directive of 1991� means Council Directive No 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 ⁴ and taking into account Commission Directive 93/71/EEC of 27 July 1993 ⁵ , Commission Directive 94/37/EC of 22 July 1994 ⁶ , Commission Directive 94/43/EC of 27 July 1994 ⁷ , Commission Directive 94/79/EC of 21 December 1994 ⁸ , Commission Directive 95/35/EC of 14 July 1995 ⁹ , Commission Directive 95/36/EC of 14 July 1995 ¹⁰ , Commission Directive 96/12/EC of 8 March 1996 ¹¹ , Commission Directive 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996 ¹² , Commission Directive 96/68/EC of 21 October 1996 ¹³ , Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997 ¹⁴ , Commission Directive 97/73/EC of 15 December 1997 ¹⁵ , Commission Directive 98/47/EC of 25 June 1998 ¹⁶ , Commission Directive 99/1/EC of 21 January 1999 ¹⁷ , Commission Directive 99/73/EC of 19 July 1999 ¹⁸ , Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 1999 ¹⁹ , Commission Directive 2000/10/EC of 1 March 2000 ²⁰ , Commission Directive 2000/49/EC of 26 July 2000 ²¹ , Commission Directive 2000/50/EC of 26 July 2000 ²² , Commission Directive 2000/66/EC of 23 October 2000 ²³ , Commission Directive 2000/67/EC of 23 October 2000 ²⁴ , Commission Directive 2000/68/EC of 23 October 2000 ²⁵ , Commission Directive 2000/80/EC of 4 December 2000 ²⁶ , Commission Directive 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001 ²⁷ , Commission Directive 2001/28/EC of 20 April 2001 ²⁸ , Commission Directive 2001/36/EC of 16 May 2001 ²⁹ , Commission Directive 2001/47/EC of 25 June 2001 ³⁰ , Commission Directive 2001/49/EC of 28 June 2001 ³¹ , Commission Directive 2001/87/EC of 12 October 2001 ³² , Commission Directive 2001/99/EC of 20 November 2001 ³³ , Commission Directive 2001/103/EC of 28 November 2001 ³⁴ , Commission Directive 2002/18/EC of 22 February 2002 ³⁵ , Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002 ³⁶ , Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002 ³⁷ , Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002 ³⁸ , Commission Directive 2002/81/EC of 10 October 2002 ³⁹ , Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 2003 ⁴⁰ , Commission Directive 2003/23/EC of 25 March 2003 ⁴¹ , Commission Directive 2003/31/EC of 11 April 2003 ⁴² , Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003 ⁴³ , Commission Directive 2003/39/EC of 15 May 2003 ⁴⁴ , Commission Directive 2003/68/EC of 11 July 2003⁴⁵ , Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003 ⁴⁶ , Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003 ⁴⁷ , Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003⁴⁸ , Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003 ⁴⁹ , Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003 ⁵⁰ , Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 ⁵¹ , Commission Directive 2003/119/EC of 5 December 2003 ⁵² , Commission Directive 2004/20/EC of 2 March 2004 ⁵³ , Commission Directive 2004/30/EC of 10 March 2004 ⁵⁴ , Commission Directive 2004/58/EC of 23 April 2004 ⁵⁵ , Commission Directive 2004/60/EC of 23 April 2004 ⁵⁶ , Commission Directive 2004/62/EC of 26 April 2004 ⁵⁷ , Council Directive 2004/66/EC of 26 April 2004 ⁵⁸ , Commission Directive 2004/71/EC of 28 April 2004 ⁵⁹ , Commission Directive 2004/99/EC of 1 October 2004 ⁶⁰ , Commission Directive 2005/2/EC of 19 January 2005 ⁶¹ , Commission Directive 2005/3/EC of 19 January 2005 ⁶² , Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 ⁶³ , Council Directive 2005/25/EC of 14 March 2005 ⁶⁴ , Commission Directive 2005/34/EC of 17 May 2005 ⁶⁵ , Commission Directive 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005 ⁶⁶ , Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005 ⁶⁷ , Commission Directive 2005/57/EC of 21 September 2005 ⁶⁸ , Commission Directive 2005/58/EC of 21 September 2005 ⁶⁹ , Commission Directive 2005/72/EC of 21 October 2005 ⁷⁰ ,Commission Directive 2006/5/EC of 17 January 2006 ⁷¹ , Commission Directive 2006/6/EC of 17 January 2006⁷² , Commission Directive 2006/10/EC of 27 January 2006 ⁷³ , Commission Directive 2006/16/EC of 7 February 2006 ⁷⁴ , Commission Directive 2006/19/EC of 14 February 2006 ⁷⁵ , Commission Directive 2006/39/EC of 12 April 2006 ⁷⁶ , Commission Directive 2006/45/EC of 16 May 2006 ⁷⁷ , (from 1 June 2007) Commission Directive 2006/74/EC of 21 August 2006 ⁷⁸ , Commission Directive 2006/75/EC of 11 September 2006 ⁷⁹ , Commission Directive 2006/76/EC of 22 September 2006 ⁸⁰ , Commission Directive 2006/41/EC of 7 July 2006 ⁸¹ , (from 1 July 2007) Commission Directive 2006/131/EC of 11 December 2006 ⁸² , Commission Directive 2006/132/EC of 11 December 2006 ⁸³ , Commission Directive 2006/133/EC of 11 December 2006 ⁸⁴ , Commission Directive 2006/134/EC of 11 December 2006 ⁸⁵ , Commission Directive 2006/135/EC of 11 December 2006 ⁸⁶ , Commission Directive 2006/136/EC of 11 December 2006 ⁸⁷ , (from 1 November 2007) Commission Directive 2006/64/EC of 18 July 2006 ⁸⁸ , (from 1 February 2008) Commission Directive 2006/85/EC of 23 October 2006 ⁸⁹ , (from 1 August 2007) Commission Directive 2007/6/EC of 14 February 2007 ⁹⁰ , (from 13 December 2007) Commission Directive 2007/21/EC of 10 April 2007 ⁹¹ , (from 1 April 2008) Commission Directive 2007/5/EC of 7 February 2007 ⁹² , (from 1 April 2008) Commission Directive 2007/25/EC of 23 April 2007 ⁹³ , (from 2 September 2007) Commission Directive 2007/31/EC of 31 May 2007, (from 1 December 2007) Commission Directive 2007/50/EC of 2 August 2007 and Commission Decision 2007/452/EC of 29 June 2007;�.

3. The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 282 of 2007 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 September 2007

MARY COUGHLAN,

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 transpose the amendments to Council Directive 91/414/EEC which include Beflubutamid and Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus as active substances.

They also provide for the amendments to Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC regarding the specific provisions set for the use of the active substance fosthiazate and procymidone.

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