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Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products
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- Art. 1(15)-(17) inserted by S.I. 2020/1471 Sch. para. 2
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- Art. 2(b) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 22 by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(4)
- Art. 3(1)(b) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 23 by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(5)(a)
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- Art. 5(1) Art. 5 renumbered as Art. 5(1) by S.I. 2020/1471 Sch. para. 4(a)
- Art. 5(1) words inserted by S.I. 2020/1471 Sch. para. 4(b)
- Art. 5(2)(3) inserted by S.I. 2020/1471 Sch. para. 4(c)
- Art. 8(1)(a)(v) words inserted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(2) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(6)(b)(ii)
- Art. 8(1)(a)(v) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(2) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(6)(b)(i)
- Art. 8(1)(a)(iv)(v) substituted for Art. 8(1)(a)(iv) by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 24(2)
- Art. 8(1)(a)(iv) words inserted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(2) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(6)(a)(ii)
- Art. 8(1)(a)(iv) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(2) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(6)(a)(i)
- Art. 8(1)(b)(c) substituted by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 24(3)
- Art. 8(1)(b) words inserted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(3) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(7)(a)(ii)
- Art. 8(1)(b) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(3) by S.I. 2020/1050 reg. 33
- Art. 8(1)(b) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(3) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(7)(a)(i)
- Art. 8(1)(c) words inserted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(3) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(7)(b)(ii)
- Art. 8(1)(c) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 24(3) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(7)(b)(i)
- Art. 9(2)(d)(e) substituted by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 25(4)
- Art. 9(2)(d) substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 25(4) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(8)(a)
- Art. 9(2)(e) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 25(4) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(8)(b)
- Art. 10(6) inserted by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 26(6)
- Art. 10(6) omitted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 26(6) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(9)
- Art. 11(d) substituted by S.I. 2020/1471 Sch. para. 6
- Art. 11(1)(d) word inserted by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 27(3)(a)
- Art. 11(1)(e) substituted by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 27(3)(b)
- Art. 11(1)(e) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 27(3)(b) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(11)
- Art. 13A inserted by S.I. 2020/1471 Sch. para. 7
- Art. 14(1) Art. 14 renumbered as Art. 14(1) by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 30(2)
- Art. 14(1)(c)(d) substituted by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 30(3)
- Art. 14(1)(c) word inserted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 30(3) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(12)(a)
- Art. 14(1)(d) word substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/801, reg. 30(3) by S.I. 2020/1471 reg. 2(12)(b)
- Art. 14(2) inserted by S.I. 2019/801 reg. 30(4)
- Art. 14(2)-(4) inserted by S.I. 2020/1471 Sch. para. 8
Article 1U.K.Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1.
‘plant protection products’: active substances and preparations containing one or more active substances, put up in the form in which they are supplied to the user, intended to:
(a)
protect plants or plant products against all harmful organisms or prevent the action of such organisms, in so far as such substances or preparations are not otherwise defined below;
(b)
influence the life processes of plants, other than as a nutrient (e.g. plant growth regulators);
(c)
preserve plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to special Council or Commission provisions on preservatives;
(d)
destroy undesirable plants; or
(e)
destroy parts of plants, check or prevent undesirable growth of plants;
2.
‘substances’: chemical elements and their compounds, as they occur naturally or by manufacture, including any impurity inevitably resulting from the manufacturing process;
3.
‘active substances’: substances or micro-organisms including viruses, having general or specific action:
(a)
against harmful organisms; or
(b)
on plants, parts of plants or plant products;
4.
‘preparations’: mixtures or solutions composed of two or more substances, of which at least one is an active substance, intended for use as plant protection products;
5.
‘plants’: live plants and live parts of plants, including fresh fruit and seeds;
6.
‘plant products’: products in the unprocessed state or having undergone only simple preparation such as milling, drying or pressing, derived from plants, but excluding plants themselves as defined in point 5;
7.
‘harmful organisms’: pests of plants or plant products belonging to the animal or plant kingdom, and also viruses, bacteria and mycoplasmas and other pathogens;
8.
‘product’: the active substance as defined in point 3 or combination of active substances of a plant protection product;
9.
‘basic patent’: a patent which protects a product as defined in point 8 as such, a preparation as defined in point 4, a process to obtain a product or an application of a product, and which is designated by its holder for the purpose of the procedure for grant of a certificate;
10.
‘certificate’: the supplementary protection certificate.
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