S.I. No. 342/1987 - European Communities (Prohibition of Certain Active Substances in Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1987.

1. Mercuric Oxide

As a paint to treat Nectria galligena (canker) on pomaceous fruit trees after harvesting and until budding

2. Mercurous chloride

(calomel)

(a) Against Plasmodiophora on Brassicae

(b) Treatment of onion seeds and plants against Sclerotium

3. Alkoxyalkyl and aryl

mercury compounds

Seed treatment of cereals

".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of December, 1987.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture

and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend previous Regulations on the prohibition of certain active substances in plant protection products by prohibiting four additional active substances in plant protection products, reducing the list of cases where the marketing and use of certain prohibited products is permitted, ending the derogation which permitted the use of Aldrin in certain circumstances and revising the provisions on sampling by authorised officers, presentation of evidence and Court procedure.

4. 1, 2— Dichloroethane.";

(

f

) the substitution for the entry in Part II of the Schedule (inserted by the European Communities (Prohibition of Certain Active Substances in Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1985 (

S.I. No. 237 of 1985

)) of the following entry

"

Active substances referred to in Regulation 3 (2) (b)

Cases in which placing on the market or use is permitted in accordance with Regulation 3 (2)

Mercury compounds:—

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, 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 Council Directive No. 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978

(1)

(as amended by Commission Directive 83/131/EEC of 14 March, 1983

(2)

and Commission Directive 85/298/EEC of 22 May, 1985

(3)

Council Directive 86/355/EEC of 21 July, 1986

(4)

, Council Directive 87/181/EEC of 9 March, 1987

(5)

and Commission Directive 87/477/EEC of 9 September, 1987

(6)

), hereby make the following regulations

(1)

O.J. No. L33/36 8.2.1979.

(2)

O.J. No. L91/35 9.4.1983.

(3)

O.J. No. L154/48 13.6.1985.

(4)

O.J. No. L212/33 2.8.1986.

(5)

O.J. No. L71/33 14.3.1987.

(6)

O.J. No. L273/40 26.9.1987.