The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 setting out the data requirements for active substances, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market

21.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 setting out the data requirements for active substances, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) the existing text becomes paragraph 1;

(b) after that paragraph insert—

“2.   Paragraph 1 does not apply where Regulation (EU) No 544/2011 applies (see Article A1 of that Regulation).”.

(3) Omit Articles 2 to 5.

(4) After Article 5, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

(5) In the Annex—

(a) in the Introduction—

(i) in points 1.6 and 1.7, omit “European”;

(ii) in point 1.10, for “Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council” substitute “the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986”;

(iii) in point 1.13, for “accepted by European Food Safety Authority, (the Authority)” substitute “set out in guidance issued in accordance with Article 77 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009”;

(iv) in point 2, omit “at national level”;

(v) in point 3.1, after “laid down in” insert “Annex 1 to”;

(vi) in point 3.2.3, for “the application of this Regulation” substitute “1st January 2014”;

(vii) omit point 6;

(b) in Part A—

(i) in point 1.2, for “Commission, the Authority and the Member States” substitute “competent authorities”;

(ii) in point 1.5, omit “Member States or”;

(iii) in point 3.9, for “Council Directive 94/67/EC(1)” substitute “the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)(2)”;

(iv) in point 4.2, in the first paragraph, in point (a) for “Member States” substitute “competent authorities”;

(v) in point 5.8.3, in the second paragraph for “Union” substitute “national”;

(vi) in point 5.9, in the first paragraph, in the first sentence, after “prejudice to” insert “the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed”;

(vii) in point 6.3, under “Test conditions”—

(aa) for the fourth paragraph substitute—

“For the evaluation of residue behaviour and the setting of maximum residue levels (MRLs) according to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, residues trials data relevant to the agricultural practices in the UK must be provided. The trials must correspond to the critical GAP and the production conditions (such as cultural practices, climatic conditions) must be comparable to the UK. Differences in agricultural production methods (for example outdoor versus indoor uses), seasons of production, and types of formulation shall be taken into account.”;

(bb) in the fifth paragraph, omit “for each residue zone”;

(cc) omit the sixth paragraph;

(dd) in the seventh paragraph, in the second sentence, omit “per zone” in both places it occurs;

(ee) in the ninth paragraph, for “different zones” substitute “growing areas representative of those in the UK”;

(ff) omit the tenth paragraph;

(viii) in point 6.5.3, in the third paragraph, for “European” substitute “relevant”;

(ix) in point 6.6.2, in the sixth paragraph—

(aa) in the fifth sentence, for “the Union” substitute “areas relevant to the United Kingdom”;

(bb) in the sixth sentence, for “across the Union” substitute “relevant to the United Kingdom”;

(cc) in the eighth sentence, for “national competent authorities in the Member States” substitute “competent authorities”;

(x) in point 6.10.1, in the second paragraph, omit “national”;

(xi) in point 7.1, in the third paragraph, for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(xii) in points 7.1.2.2.2 and 7.1.3.2—

(aa) omit the words from “being included” to “introduction”;

(bb) omit “national” in each place it occurs;

(xiii) in points 7.1.4.3, 7.2.2.4, 7.2.3 and 7.3.2, omit “national” in each place it occurs;

(xiv) in Section 8, in the Introduction, in paragraph 1, in the third sentence, omit “national”;

(xv) in point 8.1.5—

(aa) in the first sentence, for “Union” substitute “national”;

(bb) in the fourth sentence, omit “national”;

(xvi) in points 8.2 and 8.2.2.2, omit “national”;

(xvii) in point 8.2.3—

(aa) in the first sentence, for “Union” substitute “national”;

(bb) in the third sentence, omit “national”;

(xviii) in points 8.2.7, 8.2.8, 8.3.2 and 8.4.2, omit “national” in each place it occurs;

(c) in Part B—

(i) in point 1.1, in the second paragraph, for the words from “Member State” in the first place it occurs to “Commission” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(ii) in points 1.2 and 1.4.1, for “Commission and the Member States” substitute “competent authorities”;

(iii) in point 5.1.1, in the first paragraph, in the first sentence, after “provisions of” insert “the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed”;

(iv) in point 7.1.1, in the first sentence omit “EU”;

(v) in point 8.6, in the fifth sentence, for “crop management (ICM)” substitute “pest management (IPM)”;

(vi) in Section 9, in the first sentence, omit “of the Member States”.

(1)

OJ No L 365, 31.12.1994, p 34, which was repealed by Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 332, 28.12.2000, p 91).

(2)

OJ No L 334, 17.12.2010, p 17, as corrected by a Corrigendum (OJ No L 158, 19.6.2012, p 25). See for example: generally, S.I. 2013/971; in relation to England and Wales, S.I. 2016/1154; in relation to Scotland, S.S.I. 2012/360; in relation to Northern Ireland, S.R. 2013 No.160.