S.I. No. 204 of 2009

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AUTHORIZATION, PLACING ON THE MARKET, USE AND CONTROL OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 2nd June, 2009.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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 2009/25/EC of 2 April 2009 1 and Commission Directive 2009/37/EC of 23 April 2009 2 , 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 2009.

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) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 107 of 2009 )) the following-

" 'Directive of 1991' means Council Directive No. 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 3 and taking into account Commission Directive 93/71/EEC of 27 July 1993 4 , Commission Directive 94/37/EC of 22 July 1994 5 , Commission Directive 94/43/EC of 27 July 1994 6 , Commission Directive 94/79/EC of 21 December 1994 7 , Commission Directive 95/35/EC of 14 July 1995 8 , Commission Directive 95/36/EC of 14 July 1995 9 , Commission Directive 96/12/EC of 8 March 1996 10 , Commission Directive 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996 11 , Commission Directive 96/68/EC of 21 October 1996 12 , Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997 13 , Commission Directive 97/73/EC of 15 December 1997 14 , Commission Directive 98/47/EC of 25 June 1998 15 , Commission Directive 99/1/EC of 21 January 1999 16 , Commission Directive 99/73/EC of 19 July 1999 17 , Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 1999 18 , Commission Directive 2000/10/EC of 1 March 2000 19 , Commission Directive 2000/49/EC of 26 July 2000 20 , Commission Directive 2000/50/EC of 26 July 2000 21 , Commission Directive 2000/66/EC of 23 October 2000 22 , Commission Directive 2000/67/EC of 23 October 2000 23 , Commission Directive 2000/68/EC of 23 October 2000 24 , Commission Directive 2000/80/EC of 4 December 2000 25 , Commission Directive 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001 26 , Commission Directive 2001/28/EC of 20 April 2001 27 , Commission Directive 2001/36/EC of 16 May 2001 28 , Commission Directive 2001/47/EC of 25 June 2001 29 , Commission Directive 2001/49/EC of 28 June 2001 30 , Commission Directive 2001/87/EC of 12 October 2001 31 , Commission Directive 2001/99/EC of 20 November 2001 32 , Commission Directive 2001/103/EC of 28 November 2001 33 , Commission Directive 2002/18/EC of 22 February 2002 34 , Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002 35 , Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002 36 , Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002 37 , Commission Directive 2002/81/EC of 10 October 2002 38 , Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 2003 39 , Commission Directive 2003/23/EC of 25 March 2003 40 , Commission Directive 2003/31/EC of 11 April 2003 41 , Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003 42 , Commission Directive 2003/39/EC of 15 May 2003 43 , Commission Directive 2003/68/EC of 11 July 2003 44 , Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003 45 , Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003 46 , Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003 47 , Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003 48 , Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003 49 , Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 50 , Commission Directive 2003/119/EC of 5 December 2003 51 , Commission Directive 2004/20/EC of 2 March 2004 52 , Commission Directive 2004/30/EC of 10 March 2004 53 , Commission Directive 2004/58/EC of 23 April 2004 54 , Commission Directive 2004/60/EC of 23 April 2004 55 , Commission Directive 2004/62/EC of 26 April 2004 56 , Council Directive 2004/66/EC of 26 April 2004 57 , Commission Directive 2004/71/EC of 28 April 2004 58 , Commission Directive 2004/99/EC of 1 October 2004 59 , Commission Directive 2005/2/EC of 19 January 2005 60 , Commission Directive 2005/3/EC of 19 January 2005 61 , Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 62 , Council Directive 2005/25/EC of 14 March 2005 63 , Commission Directive 2005/34/EC of 17 May 2005 64 , Commission Directive 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005 65 , Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005 66 , Commission Directive 2005/57/EC of 21 September 2005 67 , Commission Directive 2005/58/EC of 21 September 2005 68 , Commission Directive 2005/72/EC of 21 October 2005 69 , Commission Directive 2006/5/EC of 17 January 2006 70 , Commission Directive 2006/6/EC of 17 January 2006 71 , Commission Directive 2006/10/EC of 27 January 2006 72 , Commission Directive 2006/16/EC of 7 February 2006 73 , Commission Directive 2006/19/EC of 14 February 2006 74 , Commission Directive 2006/39/EC of 12 April 2006 75 , Commission Directive 2006/45/EC of 16 May 2006 76 , Commission Directive 2006/74/EC of 21 August 2006 77 , Commission Directive 2006/75/EC of 11 September 2006 78 , Commission Directive 2006/76/EC of 22 September 2006 79 , Commission Directive 2006/41/EC of 7 July 2006 80 , Commission Directive 2006/131/EC of 11 December 2006 81 , Commission Directive 2006/132/EC of 11 December 2006 82 , Commission Directive 2006/133/EC of 11 December 2006 83 , Commission Directive 2006/134/EC of 11 December 2006 84 , Commission Directive 2006/135/EC of 11 December 2006 85 , Commission Directive 2006/136/EC of 11 December 2006 86 , Commission Directive 2006/64/EC of 18 July 2006 87 , Commission Directive 2006/85/EC of 23 October 2006 88 , Commission Directive 2007/6/EC of 14 February 2007 89 , Commission Directive 2007/21/EC of 10 April 2007 90 , Commission Directive 2007/5/EC of 7 February 2007 91 , Commission Directive 2007/25/EC of 23 April 2007 92 , Commission Directive 2007/31/EC of 31 May 2007 93 , Commission Decision 2007/452/EC of 29 June 2007 94 , Commission Directive 2007/50/EC of 2 August 2007 95 , Commission Directive 2007/52/EC of 16 August 2007 96 , Commission Directive 2007/76/EC of 20 December 2007 97 , Commission Directive 2008/40/EC of 28 March 2008 98 , (from 1 July 2009), Commission Directive 2008/41/EC of 31 March 2008 99 , Commission Directive 2008/44/EC of 4 April 2008 100 , Commission Directive 2008/45/EC of 4 April 2008 101 , Commission Directive 2008/91/EC of 29 September 2008 102 , (from 1 June 2009), Commission Directive 2008/70/EC of 11 July 2008 103 , (from 1 July 2009), Commission Directive 2008/66/EC of 30 June 2008 104 and Commission Directive 2008/69/EC of 1 July 2008 105 , (from 4 August 2009), Commission Directive 2009/25/EC of 2 April 2009, (from 1 September 2009), Commission Directive 2008/108/EC of 26 November 2008 106 , (from 1 November 2009), Commission Directive 2008/107/EC of 25 November 2008 107 , and Commission Directive 2008/113/EC of 8 December 2008 108 , (from 1 Feb 2010), Commission Directive 2008/116/EC of 15 December 2008 109 , (from 1 March 2010), Commission Directive 2008/125/EC of 19 December 2008 110 , (from 1 March 2010), Commission Directive 2008/127/EC of 18 December 2008 111 , (from 1 May 2010), Commission Directive 2009/11/EC of 18 February 2009 112 and (from 1 June 2010), Commission Directive 2009/37/EC of 23 April 2009;".

3. The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 107 of 2009 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 May 2009

BRENDAN SMITH.

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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 Annex I of Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards an extension of the use of the active substance pyraclostrobin and also by including the following active substances into that Annex:

chlormequat, copper compounds, propaquizafop, quizalofop-P, teflubenzuron and zeta-cypermethrin as active substances.

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