15.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a guidance document which relates to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as it had effect immediately before [F1IP completion day] , where—
(a)before [F1IP completion day] , the guidance document was noted by the Committee, and
(b)immediately before [F1IP completion day] , that guidance document had not been withdrawn or replaced.
(2) A guidance document to which this sub-paragraph applies is taken to have been issued by each competent authority in relation to its constituent territory in accordance with Article 77(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
(3) Where the guidance document to which sub-paragraph (2) applies relates to scientific methods referred to in Article 4(2)(a) or (3)(b) or (e) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, those methods are taken to have been accepted by each competent authority in accordance with Article 4(8).
(4) In sub-paragraph (1)(a), “the Committee” means the Standing Committee described in Article 79(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as it had effect immediately before [F1IP completion day] .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1376), regs. 1(4), 3(21)(a)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 15 in force at 31.12.20 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)