Biocides (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

L.N. 16 of 2009

PESTICIDES CONTROL ACT

(CAP. 430)

Biocides (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

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 Biocides

(Amendment) Regulations, 2009 and they shall be read and construed

as one with Biocides Regulations, 2004, hereinafter referred to as

“the principal regulations”.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose

Commission Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of

the Council of 5 September 2007 amending Council Directive 90/385/

EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating

to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC

concerning medical devices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the

placing of biocidal products on the market, Commission Directive

2008/15/EC of 15 February 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of

the European Parliament and of the Council to include clothianidin

as an active substance in Annex IA thereto, Commission Directive

2008/16/EC of 15 February 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of

the European Parliament and of the Council to include etofenprox

as an active substance in Annex I thereto, Commission Directive

2008/75/EC of 24 July 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council to include carbon dioxide

as an active substance in Annex I thereto, Commission Directive

2008/77/EC of 25 July 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council to include thiamethoxam

as an active substance in Annex I thereto, Commission Directive

2008/78/EC of 25 July 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council to include propiconazole

as an active substance in Annex I thereto, Commission Directive

2008/79/EC of 28 July 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council to include IPBC as an

active substance in Annex I thereto, Commission Directive 2008/80/

EC of 28 July 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council to include cyclohexylhydroxydiazene

1-oxide, potassium salt (K-HDO), Commission Directive 2008/81/

EC of 29 July 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council to include difenacoum as an active

substance in Annex I thereto, Commission Directive 2008/85/EC

of 5 September 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council to include thiabendazole as an active

substance in Annex I thereto, and Commission Directive 2008/86/EC

of 5 September 2008 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council to include tebuconazole as an active

substance in Annex I thereto.

(1) In regulation 2(2) of the principal regulations,

immediately after item (r) thereof, there shall be added the

following:-

“(s) provisions concerning in vitro diagnostic medical

devices.”

In Schedule III to the principal regulations, immediately

after item 3 thereof, there shall be added the following new items:-

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