S.I. No. 563 of 2006

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AUTHORIZATION, PLACING ON THE MARKET, USE AND CONTROL OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 5) REGULATIONS 2006

I, Mary Coughlan, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 2006/74/EC of 21 August 2006¹ , Commission Directive 2006/75/EC of 11 September 2006² and Commission Directive 2006/76/EC of 22 September 2006³ , hereby make the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2006.

2.  The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 83 of 2003 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of -�Directive of 1991-� (inserted by the European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 319 of 2006 )) the following-

-� -�Directive of 1991-� means Council Directive No 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991⁴ and taking into account Commission Directive 93/71/EEC of 27 July 1993⁵ , Commission Directive 94/37/EC of 22 July 1994⁶ , Commission Directive 94/43/EC of 27 July 1994⁷ , Commission Directive 94/79/EC of 21 December 1994⁸ , Commission Directive 95/35/EC of 14 July 1995⁹ , Commission Directive 95/36/EC of 14 July 1995¹⁰ , Commission Directive 96/12/EC of 8 March 1996¹¹ , Commission Directive 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996¹² , Commission Directive 96/68/EC of 21 October 1996¹³ , Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997¹⁴ , Commission Directive 97/73/EC of 15 December 1997¹⁵ , Commission Directive 98/47/EC of 25 June 1998¹⁶ , Commission Directive 99/1/EC of 21 January 1999¹⁷ , Commission Directive 99/73/EC of 19 July 1999¹⁸ , Commission Directive 1999/80/EC of 28 July 1999¹⁹ , Commission Directive 2000/10/EC of 1 March 2000²⁰ , Commission Directive 2000/49/EC of 26 July 2000²¹ , Commission Directive 2000/50/EC of 26 July 2000²² , Commission Directive 2000/66/EC of 23 October 2000²³ , Commission Directive 2000/67/EC of 23 October 2000²⁴ , Commission Directive 2000/68/EC of 23 October 2000²⁵ , Commission Directive 2000/80/EC of 4 December 2000²⁶ , Commission Directive 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001²⁷ , Commission Directive 2001/28/EC of 20 April 2001²⁸ , Commission Directive 2001/36/EC of 16 May 2001²⁹ , Commission Directive 2001/47/EC of 25 June 2001³⁰ , Commission Directive 2001/49/EC of 28 June 2001³¹ , Commission Directive 2001/87/EC of 12 October 2001³² , Commission Directive 2001/99/EC of 20 November 2001³³ , Commission Directive 2001/103/EC of 28 November 2001³⁴ , Commission Directive 2002/18/EC of 22 February 2002³⁵ , Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002³⁶ , Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002³⁷ , Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002³⁸ , Commission Directive 2002/81/EC of 10 October 2002³⁹ , Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 2003⁴⁰ , Commission Directive 2003/23/EC of 25 March 2003⁴¹ , Commission Directive 2003/31/EC of 11 April 2003⁴² , Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003⁴³ , Commission Directive 2003/39/EC of 15 May 2003⁴⁴ , Commission Directive 2003/68/EC of 11 July 2003⁴⁵ , Commission Directive 2003/70/EC of 17 July 2003⁴⁶ , Commission Directive 2003/79/EC of 13 August 2003⁴⁷ , Commission Directive 2003/81/EC of 5 September 2003⁴⁸ , Commission Directive 2003/82/EC of 11 September 2003⁴⁹ , Commission Directive 2003/84/EC of 25 September 2003⁵⁰ , Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003⁵¹ , Commission Directive 2003/119/EC of 5 December 2003⁵² , Commission Directive 2004/20/EC of 2 March 2004⁵³ , Commission Directive 2004/30/EC of 10 March 2004⁵⁴ , Commission Directive 2004/58/EC of 23 April 2004⁵⁵ , Commission Directive 2004/60/EC of 23 April 2004⁵⁶ , Commission Directive 2004/62/EC of 26 April 2004⁵⁷ , Council Directive 2004/66/EC of 26 April 2004⁵⁸ , Commission Directive 2004/71/EC of 28 April 2004⁵⁹ , Commission Directive 2004/99/EC of 1 October 2004⁶⁰ , Commission Directive 2005/2/EC of 19 January 2005⁶¹ , Commission Directive 2005/3/EC of 19 January 2005⁶² , Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005⁶³ , Council Directive 2005/25/EC of 14 March 2005⁶⁴ , Commission Directive 2005/34/EC of 17 May 2005⁶⁵ , Commission Directive 2005/53/EC of 16 September 2005⁶⁶ , Commission Directive 2005/54/EC of 19 September 2005⁶⁷ , Commission Directive 2005/57/EC of 21 September 2005⁶⁸ , Commission Directive 2005/58/EC of 21 September 2005⁶⁹ , Commission Directive 2005/72/EC of 21 October 2005⁷⁰ ,Commission Directive 2006/5/EC of 17 January 2006⁷¹ , Commission Directive 2006/6/EC of 17 January 2006⁷² , Commission Directive 2006/10/EC of 27 January 2006⁷³ , Commission Directive 2006/16/EC of 7 February 2006⁷⁴ , Commission Directive 2006/19/EC of 14 February 2006⁷⁵ , Commission Directive 2006/39/EC of 12 April 2006⁷⁶ , Commission Directive 2006/45/EC of 16 May 2006⁷⁷ , (from 1 June 2007) Commission Directive 2006/74/EC of 21 August 2006, Commission Directive 2006/75/EC of 11 September 2006 and Commission Directive 2006/76/EC of 22 September 2006;-�.

3.  The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 319 of 2006 ) are revoked.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the specification of the active substances dichlor-prop-P, metconazole, pyrimethanil, triclopyr, dimoxystrobin and chlorothalonil.

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