The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 2 Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market

2.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 6(3), at the end, insert “The requirement applies to substances approved for use within Great Britain where that approval expires on or after 13 May 2026.”.

(3) In Article 11—

(a) in paragraph 9—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) for “rapporteur Member State” substitute “assessing competent authority”;

(bb) for “European Chemicals Agency (‘the Agency’)” substitute “Agency”;

(cc) for “37(1)” substitute “37A(2)(2)”;

(dd) for “harmonised classification” substitute “mandatory classification and labelling”;

(ii) in the second and third subparagraphs, for “rapporteur member state” substitute “assessing competent authority”;

(iii) in the final subparagraph—

(aa) after “1907/2006,” insert “ or by an Agency opinion,”;

(bb) for harmonised classification substitute “mandatory classification”;

(cc) for “Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008” substitute “the GB mandatory classification and labelling list”;

(dd) for “Annex VI” substitute “the GB mandatory classification and labelling list”;

(ee) for “rapporteur Member State’s” substitute “assessing competent authority’s”.

(4) In Article 11b—

(a) for “Committee for Risk Assessment” substitute “Agency”;

(b) for “referred to in Article 37(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008” substitute “on a proposal from the assessing competent authority”.

(1)

As amended by S.I. 2019/556, S.I. 2019/559 and S.I. 2019/1410.