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These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 2002, extend to England and Wales, and come into force on 31st March 2002.
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(1) In so far as they extend to England and Wales, the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” in regulation 2(1), the following definition—“
 “the Directive” means Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, as amended by—
(a) Commission Directive 93/71/EEC;
(b) Commission Directive 94/37/EC;
(c) Commission Directive 94/79/EC;
(d) Commission Directive 95/35/EC;
(e) Commission Directive 95/36/EC;
(f) Commission Directive 96/12/EC;
(g) Commission Directive 96/46/EC;
(h) Commission Directive 96/68/EC;
(i) Council Directive 97/57/EC;
(j) Commission Directive 2000/80/EC;
(k) Commission Directive 2001/21/EC;
(l) Commission Directive 2001/28/EC;
(m) Commission Directive 2001/36/EC;
(n) Commission Directive 2001/47/EC;
(o) Commission Directive 2001/49/EC; and
(p) Commission Directive 2001/87/EC”
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In so far as they extend to England and Wales, the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 shall be modified so that where there is an approval granted under regulation 7(1) (provisional approvals), or extended pursuant to regulation 7(5)—
(a) The inclusion of the active substances acibenzolar-s-methyl and pymetrozine in Annex I to the Directive shall not make it necessary to revoke any approval in respect of any plant protection products containing either or both those active substances, and where such approval expires it shall continue in effect as a provisional approval, until 31st March 2003;
(b) The inclusion of the active substance flupyrsulfuron-methyl in Annex I to the Directive shall not make it necessary to revoke any approval in respect of any plant protection products containing that active substance, and where such approval expires it shall continue in effect as a provisional approval, until 30th November 2002;
(c) The inclusion of the active substance fenhexamid in Annex I to the Directive shall not make it necessary to revoke any approval in respect of any plant protection products containing that active substance, and any such approval which have expired shall be deemed to have revived until 1st August 2002.
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The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2001 are revoked.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales
Dr John Marek
Deputy Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
7th March 2002 26th February 2002