Recent Legislation

• These Regulations amend the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 which implement in Northern Ireland Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, as amended.
  
  Schedule 1 which sets out the instruments that amend that Directive is replaced by the Schedule to these Regulations, which lists an additional 13 Directives that add a further 27 active substances to Annex I. In consequence the list of active substances which can be used in products capable of being approved under regulations 5 and 6 of the principal Regulations for placing on the market is extended accordingly.
  
  The Regulations also includes:
  
  (a) Directive 2006/76/EC which amends the active substance specification for Chlorothalonil which was added to Schedule 1 by Directive 2005/53/EC and;
  
  (b) Directive 2007/7/EC which amends the expiry dates of 7 active substances already added to Schedule 1 by Directive 2000/80/EC.

• Coming into operation - 31 May 2007

• Access to document:  Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) Document

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