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

L.N. 282 of 2010

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 Health, the Elderly and Community Care, has made

the following regulations :-

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

Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2010 and they shall

be read and construed as one with Plant Protection Products

Regulations, 2009, hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 358 of 2009.

regulations”.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose

Commission Directive 2010/14/EU of 3 March 2010 amending

Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include heptamaloxyloglucan

as active substance, Commission Directive 2010/15/EU of 8

March 2010 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include

fluopicolide as active substance, Commission Directive 2010/17/

EU of 9 March 2010 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to

include malathion as active substance and Commission Directive

2010/20/EU of 9 March 2010 amending Council Directive

91/414/EEC to remove tolylfluanid as active substance and on

the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products

containing that substance.

Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be amended Amends Schedule

as follows: -

(a) row 122, concerning tolylfluanid, shall be deleted;

(b) immediately after item 302 “Cyflufenamid” there

shall be added the following new items

For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI,

the conclusions of the review report on fluopicolide, and in

Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on

27 November 2009 shall be taken into account. In this overall

— the protection of groundwater when the active substance

is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic

Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation

measures and monitoring programmes shall be initiated to

verify potential accumulation and exposure in vulnerable

The Member States concerned shall ensure that the notifier

submits to the Commission further information on the

relevance of the metabolite M15 for groundwater by 30 April

particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the

assessment, Member States must pay particular attention to

— the potential for long range transport via air.

— to the risk to operators during application,

Specific provisions

Only uses as fungicide may be authorised.

— the protection of aquatic organisms,

areas, where appropriate.

2012 at the latest.

conditions,

PART A

PART B

Further details on identity and specification of active substances are provided in the review report.

of inclusion

31 May 2020

Expiration

Entry into

1 June 2010

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force

not exceed 3 g/kg in the

impurity toluene must

technical material.

Purity !

! 970 g/kg The

pyridylmethyl]benzami

IUPAC Name

(trifluoromethyl)- 2-

2,6-dichloro-N-[3-

chloro-5-

de

Common Name,

CAS No 239110-15-7

Identification

Numbers

CIPAC No 787

Fluopicolide

!

No

“303

For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI,

the conclusions of the review report on heptamaloxyloglucan,

Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on

and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the

Only uses as insecticide may be authorised.

For the implementation of the uniform principles of

as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain

Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on

malathion, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof,

and Animal Health on 22 January 2010 shall be taken

In this overall assessment Member States shall pay

Authorisations shall be limited to professional users.

Only uses as plant growth regulator may be authorised.

27 November 2009 shall be taken into account.”; and

Specific provisions

(c) immediately after item 305 “2-phenylphenol” there shall be added the following new item

into account.

”

PART A

PART B

PART A

PART B

Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.

of inclusion

31 May 2020

Expiration

30 April

1 May 2010

Entry into

1 June 2010

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force

The impurity Patulin

must not exceed 50

"g/kg in the technical

Isomalathion: not more

Purity 2

than 2 g/kg

Impurities

! 950 g/kg

>780g/kg

material.

Full IUPAC name in footnote 1

bis(ethoxycarbonyl)ethyl

(dimethoxyphosphinothi

Gal p : galactopyranosyl

Glc p : glucopyranosyl

IUPAC Name

Xyl p : xylopyranosyl

Fuc p : fucopyranosyl

phosphorodithioate

oylthio)succinate

Glc-ol : glucitol

O,O-dimethyl

racemate

diethyl

S-1,2-

or

CAS No: 121-75-5

Heptamaloxyloglucan

Common Name,

Identification

CIPAC No: 12

Numbers

Not available

870721-81-6

Malathion

CIPAC N°

CAS N°

“306

No

" the operator and worker safety: conditions of use shall

prescribe the use of adequate personal protective

" the protection of aquatic organisms: conditions of

authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures,

" the protection of insectivorous birds and honey bees

conditions of authorisation shall include risk

mitigation measures, where appropriate. As regards

bees, the necessary indications shall be provided on

the labelling and the accompanying instructions as to

Member States shall ensure that malathion-based

formulations are accompanied by the necessary

instructions to avoid any risk of formation of

isomalathion in excess of the permitted maximum

Where appropriate, conditions of authorisation shall

The Member States concerned shall ensure that the

- information confirming the consumer risk assessment

and the acute and long-term risk assessment for

- information on the quantification of the different

where appropriate, such as adequate buffer zones;

include further risk mitigation measures.

quantities during storage and transport.

Specific provisions

potency of malaoxon and malathion.”.

notifier presents to the Commission

particular attention to

insectivorous birds;

avoid exposure.

equipment;

of inclusion

Expiration

Entry into

force

Purity 2

IUPAC Name

Common Name,

Identification

Numbers

No

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