Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations,

L.N. 230 of 2008

PESTICIDES CONTROL ACT

(CAP. 430)

Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4 and 5 of the

Pesticides Control Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs,

in consultation with the Prime Minister and with the Minister for Social

Policy, has made the following regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Plant Protection Title and scope.

Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2008 and they shall be

read and construed as one with Plant Protection Products Regulations, L.N. 115 of 2004.

2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose

Commission Directive 2008#40#EC of 28 March 2008 amending Council

Directive 91#414#EEC to include amidosulfuron and nicosulfuron as

active substances, Commission Directive 2008#41#EC of 31 March 2008

amending Council Directive 91#414#EEC to include chloridazon as

active substance and Commission Directive 2008#45#EC of 4 April 2008

amending Council Directive 91#414#EEC as regards an extension of

the use of the active substance metconazole.

Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be amended as Amends Schedule

IV to the principal

follows>

regulations.

(a) immediately after item 168 “Prosulfocarb” there shall

be added the following>

No Common Name

Inclusion Directive

Date for

implementation*

“175 Amidosulfuron

Commission Directive

1 November 2008

2008#40#EC

176 Nicosulfuron

Commission Directive

1 November 2008

2008#40#EC

191 Chloridazon

Commission Directive

1 January 2009”< and

2008#41#EC

(b) For item 136 there shall be substituted the following>

No Common Name

Inclusion Directive

Date for

implementation*

“136 Metconazole

Commission Directive

6 August 2008”.

2008#45#EC

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