Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 30th March, 2012.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 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 2011/66/EU of 1 July 2011¹ , Commission Directive 2011/67/EU of 1 July 2011² , Commission Directive 2011/69/EU of 1 July 2011³ , Commission Directive 2011/71/EU of 26 July 2011⁴ , Commission Directive 2011/78/EU of 20 September 2011⁵ , Commission Directive 2011/79/EU of 20 September 2011⁶ , Commission Directive 2011/80/EU of 20 September 2011⁷ , Commission Directive 2011/81/EU of 20 September 2011⁸ , Commission Directive 2012/2/EU of 9 February 2012⁹ and Commission Directive 2012/3/EU of 9 February 2012¹⁰ hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2. The European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 625 of 2001 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of "the Directive of 1998" (inserted by the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No.202 of 2011 )) the following-

"'Directive of 1998' means Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998¹¹ as amended by Commission Directive 2006/50/EC of 29 May 2006¹² , Commission Directive 2006/140/EC of 20 December 2006¹³ , Commission Directive 2007/20/EC of 3 April 2007¹⁴ , Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007¹⁵ , Commission Directive 2007/69/EC of 29 November 2007¹⁶ , Commission Directive 2007/70/EC of 29 November 2007¹⁷ , Commission Directive 2008/15/EC of 15 February 2008¹⁸ , Commission Directive 2008/16/EC of 15 February 2008¹⁹ , Directive 2008/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008²⁰ , Commission Directive 2008/75/EC of 24 July 2008²¹ , Commission Directive 2008/77/EC of 25 July 2008²² , Commission Directive 2008/78/EC of 25 July 2008,²³ Commission Directive 2008/79/EC of 28 July 2008²⁴ , Commission Directive 2008/80/EC of 28 July 2008²⁵ , Commission Directive 2008/81/EC of 29 July 2008²⁶ , Commission Directive 2008/85/EC of 5 September 2008²⁷ , Commission Directive 2008/86/EC of 5 September 2008²⁸ , Commission Directive 2009/84/EC of 28 July 2009²⁹ , Commission Directive 2009/85/EC of 29 July 2009³⁰ , Commission Directive 2009/86/EC of 29 July 2009³¹ , Commission Directive 2009/87/EC of 29 July 2009³² , Commission Directive 2009/88/EC of 30 July 2009³³ , Commission Directive 2009/89/EC of 30 July 2009³⁴ , Commission Directive 2009/91/EC of 31 July 2009³⁵ , Commission Directive 2009/92/EC of 31 July 2009³⁶ , Commission Directive 2009/93/EC of 31 July 2009³⁷ , Commission Directive 2009/94/EC of 31 July 2009³⁸ , Commission Directive 2009/95/EC of 31 July 2009³⁹ , Commission Directive 2009/96/EC of 31 July 2009⁴⁰ , Commission Directive 2009/98/EC of 4 August 2009⁴¹ , Commission Directive 2009/99/EC of 4 August 2009⁴² , Directive 2009/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009⁴³ , Commission Directive 2009/150/EC of 27 November 2009⁴⁴ , Commission Directive 2009/151/EC of 27 November 2009⁴⁵ , Commission Directive 2010/5/EU of 8 February 2010⁴⁶ , Commission Directive 2010/7/EU of 9 February 2010⁴⁷ , Commission Directive 2010/8/EU of 9 February 2010⁴⁸ , Commission Directive 2010/9/EU of 9 February 2010⁴⁹ , Commission Directive 2010/10/EU of 9 February 2010⁵⁰ , Commission Directive 2010/11/EU of 9 February 2010⁵¹ , Commission Directive 2010/71/EU of 4 November 2010⁵² , (with effect from 1 August 2012) Commission Directive 2010/50/EU of 10 August 2010⁵³ and Commission Directive 2010/51/EU of 11 August 2010⁵⁴ , (with effect from 1 November 2012) Commission Directive 2010/72/EU of 4 November 2010⁵⁵ and Commission Directive 2010/74/EU of 9 November 2010⁵⁶ , (with effect from 1 February 2013) Commission Directive 2011/10/EU of 8 February 2011⁵⁷ , Commission Directive 2011/11/EU of 8 February 2011⁵⁸ , Commission Directive 2011/12/EU of 8 February 2011⁵⁹ and Commission Directive 2011/13/EU of 8 February 2011⁶⁰ , (with effect from 1 May 2013) Commission Directive 2011/71/EU of 26 July 2011, (with effect from 1 July 2013) Commission Directive 2011/66/EU of 1 July 2011, Commission Directive 2011/67/EU of 1 July 2011 and Commission Directive 2011/69/EU of 1 July 2011, (with effect from 1 October 2013), Commission Directive 2011/78/EU of 20 September 2011, Commission Directive 2011/79/EU of 20 September 2011, Commission Directive 2011/80/EU of 20 September 2011 and Commission Directive 2011/81/EU of 20 September 2011, and (with effect from 1 February 2014) Commission Directive 2012/2/EU of 9 February 2012 and Commission Directive 2012/3/EU of 9 February 2012;".

3. The European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2011 (S. I. No. 202 of 2011) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 March 2012.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations update existing legislation concerning placing of biocidal products on the market.

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