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These Regulations may be cited as the Evaluation of Active Substances for Pesticides (Fees) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 25th August 2000.
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(1) The fee payable in relation to each active substance for which the United Kingdom is the designated rapporteur Member State under Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 451/2000 (laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the second and third stages of the work programme referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/4/4/EEC) shall be in accordance with this regulation.
(2) The fee for the administrative treatment and the evaluation of the notification of each active substance notified in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 451/2000 shall be £4,500, payable in accordance with Article 12.2 of, and paragraph 3, Part I, Annex IV to, that Regulation.
(3) The fee for the evaluation of a dossier submitted under Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 451/2000 shall be £120,000, payable before the evaluation is begun.
(4) If there has already been an evaluation of some of the data relating to an active substance, and the evaluation of that data is not repeated, the fee payable under paragraph (3) above shall be reduced so that the work which is not repeated is not charged for.
Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
2nd August 2000