Article 55U.K.Use of plant protection products
[F11.]Plant protection products shall be used properly.
[F12.]Proper use shall include the application of the principles of good plant protection practice and compliance with the conditions established in accordance with Article 31 and specified on the labelling. It shall also comply with the provisions of Directive 2009/128/EC and, in particular, with general principles of integrated pest management, as referred to in Article 14 of and Annex III to that Directive F2...
[F33.For the purposes of this Article, Article 14 of Directive 2009/128/EC is to be read as if—
(a)obligations on Member States were obligations on the competent authorities;
(b)paragraph 3 were omitted.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 55 renumbered as Art. 55(1)(2) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(33)(a) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 55(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(33)(b) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 55(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 5(33)(c) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)