S.I. No. 702/2003 - European Communities (Authorization, Placing on The Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003

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 2003 and shall come into force on 1 January 2004 in relation to Coniothyrium minitans, on 1 July 2004 in relation to Flurtamone, Flufenacet, Iodosulfuron, Dimethenamid-p, Picoxystrobin Fosthiazate and Silithiofam, on 1 December 2004 in relation to Mecoprop, Mecoprop-P, and Propiconazole, on 1 February 2005 in relation to Molinate, Thiram and Ziram and on 30 July 2004 in relation to the inclusion of Annexes IV and V of the Directive of 1991.

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”-

“‘Directive of 1991’ means Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991

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, the Corrigendum to Council Directive 91/414/EEC

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, Commission Directive 93/71/EEC of 27 July 1993

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, the Corrigendum to Commission Directive 93/71/EEC

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, Commission Directive 94/37/EC of 22 July 1994

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, Commission Directive 94/79/EC of 21 December 1994

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, the Corrigendum to Commission Directive 94/79/EEC

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, Commission Directive 95/35/EC of 14 July 1995

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, Commission Directive 95/36/EC of 14 July 1995

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Commission Directive 96/12/EC of 8 March 1996

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, Commission Directive 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996

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, Commission Directive 96/68/EC of 21 October 1996

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, Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997

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, Commission Directive 2000/80/EC of 4 December 2000

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, Commission Directive 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001

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, Commission Directive 2001/28/EC of 20 April 2001

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, Commission Directive 2001/47/EC of 25 June 2001

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, Commission Directive 2001/49/EC of 28 June 2001

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, Commission Directive 2001/87/EC of 12 October 2001

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, Commission Directive 2001/99/EC of 20 November 2001

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, Commission Directive 2001/36/EC of 16 May 2001

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, Commission Directive 2001/103/EC of 28 November 2001

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, Commission Directive 2002/18/EC of 22 February 2002

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, Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002

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, Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002

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Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002

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, Commission Directive 2002/81/EC of 10 October 2002

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, Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 2003

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, Commission Directive 2003/23/EC of 25 March 2003

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Commission Directive 2003/31/EC of 11 April 2003

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, Commission Directive 2003/39/EC of 15 May 2003

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, Commission Directive 2003/68/EC of 11 July 2003

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Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003, Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003, Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003 Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003 and Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003”.

GIVEN

under my Official Seal,

2 December 2003.

Joe Walsh

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 give effect to Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003, Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003, Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003 Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003 and Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003. These Regulations, which amend Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, consolidate Annex I of that Directive and provide for the inclusion of the active substances: Mecoprop, Mecoprop-P, Propiconazole, Molinate, Thiram, Ziram Coniothyrium minitans, Flurtamone, Flufenacet, Iodosulfuron, Dimethenamid-p, Picoxystrobin Fosthiazate and Silithiofam to Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC, and for the inclusion of Annexes IV and V to Directive 91/414/EEC.

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O.J. No. L 184 of 23.7.2003, p. 9.

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O.J. No. L 205 of 14.8.2003, p. 16.

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O.J. No. L 224 of 6.9.2003, p. 29.

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O.J. No. L. 228 of 12.9.2003, p. 11.

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O.J. No. L. 247 of 25.9.2003, p. 20

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O.J. No. L,170 25.6.1992, p.40

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O.J. No. L,354 31.12.1994, p.16

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O.J. No. L,280 23.11.1995, p.58

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O.J. No. L,172 22.7.1995, p.8

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O.J. No. L,65 15.3.1996, p.20

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O.J. No. L,214 3.8.1996, p.18

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O.J. No. L,227 30.10.1996, p.25

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O.J. No. L,265 27.9.1997, p.87

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O.J. No. L,309 9.12.2000, p.14

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O.J. No. L,176 29.6.2001, p.61

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O.J. No. L,276 19.10.2001, p.17

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O.J. No. L,304 21.11.2001, p.14

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O.J. No. L,55 26.2.2002, p.29

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O.J. No. L,148 6.6.2002, p.19

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O.J. No. L,189 18.7.2002, p.20

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O.J. No. L,276 12.10.2002, p.28

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O.J. No. L, 8 14.1.2003, p.7

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O.J. No. L, 81 28.3.2003, p. 39

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O.J. No. L,101 23.4.2003, p.3

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I, Joe Walsh, 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 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003

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, Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003

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Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003

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, Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003

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and Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003

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hereby make the following regulations