Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations,

L.N. 256 of 2008

PESTICIDES CONTROL ACT

(CAP. 430)

Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 3) 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. 3) 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#66#EC of 30 June 2008 amending Council

Directive 91#414#EEC to include bifenox, diflufenican, fenoxaprop-P,

fenpropidin and quinoclamine as active substances, Commission

Directive 2008#69#EC of 1 July 2008 amending Council Directive

91#414#EEC to include clofentezine, dicamba, difenoconazole,

diflubenzuron, imazaquin, lenacil, oxadiazon, picloram and

pyriproxyfen as active substances and Commission Directive

2008#70#EC of 11 July 2008 amending Council Directive 91#414#EEC

to include tritosulfuron as an active substance.

In Schedule IV to the principal regulations, there shall be added Amends Schedule

IV to the principal

the new entries, items 177 to 190 and 192 having as their Common regulations.

Name Clofentezine, Dicamba, Difenoconazole, Diflubenzuron,

imazaquin, Lenacil, Oxadiazon, Picloram, Pyriproxyfen, Bifenox,

Diflufenican, Fenoxaprop-P, Fenpropidin, Quinoclamine and

Tritosulfuron as active substances as follows>

No

Common Name

Inclusion Directive

Date for

Implementation*

“177

Clofentezine

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Dicamba

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Difenoconazole

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Diflubenzuron

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Imazaquin

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Lenacil

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Oxadiazon

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Picloram

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Pyriproxyfen

Commission Directive

2008#69#EC

1 January 2009

Bifenox

Commission Directive

2008#66#EC

1 January 2009

Diflufenican

Commission Directive

2008#66#EC

1 January 2009

Fenoxaprop-P

Commission Directive

2008#66#EC

1 January 2009

Fenpropidin

Commission Directive

2008#66#EC

1 January 2009

Quinoclamine

Commission Directive

2008#66#EC

1 January 2009

Tritosulfuron

Commission Directive

2008#70#EC

1 December 2008”.

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