The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/552 |
| Year | 2020 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 22nd June 2020.(2) These Regulations extend to Great Britain.(1) In these Regulations—the Secretary of State, for England, the Scottish Ministers, for Scotland, and the Welsh Ministers, for Wales. The competent authorities may disclose information to each other and to other competent authorities in the United Kingdom
the name of the operator;the activities carried out by the operator that relate to the placing on the market and use of plant protection products and components and the sustainable use of pesticides;the premises on which those activities are carried out.within the period of 15 months after the date on which these Regulations come into force, for operators concerned with the placing on the market of plant protection products authorised for professional use, and components, including those who produce, manufacture, process, import, distribute and sell those products; andwithin the period of 24 months after the date on which these Regulations come into force, for all other operators.(3) Where an operator commences business within the period of 3 months before the end of the period referred to in paragraph (2) for that type of operator, or after that period, that operator must make the notification required by paragraph (2) within three months of commencing business.be accompanied by authorised officers of F3that other competent authority;show records to such accompanying authorised officers; andmake copies for them, or require copies to be made for them, of the records.(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) A person may be required to provide an authorised person with such assistance, information or facilities as the authorised person may reasonably require for the purpose of the execution or enforcement of these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulations.(1) Any expenses incurred by a competent authority in carrying out official controls or enforcement activities under these Regulations, or the Official Controls Regulations may be recovered from the relevant operator and such expenses must be paid on written demand.as a civil debt;under an order of the court, on such terms as the court may order.(1) Enforcement of these Regulations and the Official Controls Regulations is the responsibility of the competent authority.(2) A competent authority may authorise any person to exercise the
- “authorised person” means a person authorised by a competent authority under regulation 8(2) to exercise the powers set out in Part 4 of these Regulations;
- “competent authority” has the meaning given in regulation 3;
- “component” means—
- (a) any active substance, safener, synergist, or co-formulant that could form a component part of a plant protection product; or
- (b) any adjuvant,
- “the OC Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products;
- “the Official Controls Regulations” means the OC Regulation and the Implementing Regulations and Delegated Regulations made under it;
- “plant protection product” has the same meaning as in the Plant Protection Products Regulation;
- “the Plant Protection Products Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market;
- “premises” includes any place and, in particular, includes—
- (a) any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure, and
- (b) any tent or moveable structure;
- “professional use” and “professional user” have the same meaning as in the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 ;
- “relevant legislation” means retained direct EU legislation and domestic legislation governing the requirements for the placing on the market and use of plant protection products and the sustainable use of pesticides, with the exception of pesticides application equipment.
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