Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Applications, reviews, revocations and modifications

13.—(1) An application for approval of a plant protection product under regulations 5, 7, 8 or 11 shall be made to the Department by or on behalf of the person responsible for first placing it on the market in Northern Ireland.

(2) For the purpose of any application for an approval under these Regulations or for an extension of use under regulation 10—

(a) the applicant shall have a permanent office in an EEA State;

(b) the applicant’s principal place of business in the United Kingdom shall be situated in Northern Ireland;

(c) the application shall be in English;

(d) samples of the preparation and of its ingredients shall be provided if requested by the Department.

(3) The Department may review an approval granted under regulation 5 or 7 or an extension of use granted under regulation 10 if there are indications that any of the relevant requirements are no longer satisfied.

(4) When reviewing an approval or extension of use under paragraph (3) the Department may require the holder of the approval or extension of use to submit further information necessary for the review and the approval or extension of use may, where necessary, be extended for the period required to provide such further information and complete the review.

(5) Without prejudice to any decision already taken pursuant to regulation 11, the Department, in relation to any approval granted under these Regulations or extension of use granted under regulation 10—

(a) shall revoke the approval or extension of use if it is established that—

(i) the requirements for obtaining the approval or extension of use are not or are no longer satisfied; or

(ii) false or misleading particulars were supplied concerning the facts on the basis of which the approval or extension of use was granted;

(b) may revoke the approval or extension of use if it is established that any requirement or condition which is—

(i) specified in the approval or extension of use; or

(ii) required by the approval or extension of use to be on the labelling,

is not or is no longer satisfied;

(c) may revoke the approval or extension of use at the request of the holder of the approval or the extension of use, who shall state the reasons for such a request.

(6) Where the Department revokes an approval or extension of use under paragraph (5), it shall immediately inform the holder of the approval or extension of use of such revocation and may grant a period of grace for the disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks, of a length commensurate with the reason for the revocation, without prejudice to any period provided for by a decision taken under Council Directive 79/117/EEC prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances(1) or to Article 6(1) or 8(1) or (2).

(7) Without prejudice to any decision already taken pursuant to regulation 11, and subject to paragraph (8), the Department, in relation to any approval granted under these Regulations or extension of use granted under regulation 10—

(a) shall modify the approval or extension of use if it is established that on the basis of developments in scientific and technical knowledge the manner of use and amounts used can be modified;

(b) may modify the approval or extension of use at the request of the holder of the approval or the extension of use, who shall state the reasons for such a request.

(8) The Department may modify an approval or an extension of use under paragraph (7) if it is established that the relevant requirements continue to be satisfied.

(9) Before revoking an approval or extension of use under paragraph (5)(a) or (b), or modifying an approval or extension of use under paragraph (7)(a), the Department shall notify the holder of the approval or extension of use of its intention to revoke or modify the approval or extension of use (and of its grounds for doing so) and shall allow him such opportunity (if any) to make representations as the Department shall consider reasonable having regard to the reason why it thinks the revocation or modification is required.

(10) Where, in the case of a revocation or modification referred to in paragraph (9), the Department does not allow any opportunity to make representations, it shall notify the holder in question as soon as is reasonably practicable of its grounds for not allowing it.

(11) In this regulation “the relevant requirements” means—

(a) in the case of an approval granted under regulation 5, the requirements of regulation 6(2) to (7);

(b) in the case of an approval granted under regulation 7, the requirements of regulation 6(3) to (7);

(c) in the case of an extension of use granted under regulation 10, the requirements of regulation 6(3)(c), (d) and (e).

(1)

O.J. No. L33, 8.2.79, p. 36 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council (O.J. No. L158, 30.4.2004, p. 7)