Jurisdiction: England
Commencement: 31st October 2019
Amends:
- The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
- The Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986
- The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004
- The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011
- The Plant Protection Products (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2011
- The Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012
- The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017
The Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations 2019 amend references to primary and secondary legislation to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
References to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 (the PPP Regulation) are updated to reflect that the most updated amendment to the PPP Regulation is Regulation (EU) 2019/1009. These amendments are solely administrative.
These changes are necessary due to the amendments made to Regulation 2019/1009, which adds to the definition of plant biostimulant and includes new transitional measures for applications for active substances, submitted before 15th July 2019.