Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 884
PESTICIDES
FEES AND CHARGES
The Plant Protection Products (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997
Made
17th March 1997
Laid before Parliament
18th March 1997
Coming into force
8th April 1997
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1) with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Title and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 8th April 1997.
Amendment of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations
2. For the Schedule to the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995(2) there shall be substituted the Schedule to these Regulations.
Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
14th March 1997
We consent to the making of these Regulations,
Roger Knapman
Patrick McLoughlin
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
17th March 1997
Regulation 2
SCHEDULE
Regulation 3
“SCHEDULEPRESCRIBED FEES
(1)
(2)
Description of Service or Approval
Fee New amount
Old amount(3)
1. Evaluation of an Annex I application or evaluation of an application for provisional approval—
(a)where the application is a biocontrol agent or pheromone application ... ... ... ...
£13,700 (note (c))
(£13,400)
(b)where the application is not a biocontrol agent or pheromone application ... ... ... ...
£61,200 (note (c))
(£60,000)
2. Preliminary examination and evaluation of a resubmitted Annex I application or preliminary examination and evaluation of a resubmitted application for provisional approval—
(1) where it appears to the Ministry that there is no saving in costs or that such saving is less than 50%—
(a)where the application is a biocontrol agent or pheromone application ... ... ... ...
£18,200 (note (c))
(£17,800)
(b)where the application is not a biocontrol agent or pheromone application ... ... ... ...
£65,700 (note (c))
(£64,400)
(2) where it appears to the Ministry that the saving in costs is not less than 50% but is less than 75% but the work which has to be done in relation to the application is significant—
(a)where the application is a biocontrol agent or pheromone application ... ... ... ...
£9,100 (note (c))
(£8,900)
(b)where the application is not a biocontrol agent or pheromone application ... ... ... ...
£32,850 (note (c))
(£32,200)
(3) where it appears to the Ministry that the saving in costs is not less than 75% but the work which has to be done in relation to the application is significant—
(a)where the application is a biocontrol agent or pheromone application ... ... ... ...
£4,550 (note (c))
(£4,450)
(b)where the application is not a biocontrol agent or pheromone application ... ... ... ...
£16,425 (note (c))
(£16,100)
(4) where it appears to the Ministry that the saving in costs is so great that the work which has to be done in relation to the application is not significant ... ... ... ...
£2,350 (note (c))
(£2,300)
3. Preliminary examination and evaluation of an application under regulation 5 of the principal Regulations(4) for approval of a plant protection product which is not already approved in another EEA State—
(1) where the application is accompanied by data ... ... ... ...
£2,350 (note (a))
(£2,300)
(2) where the application is not accompanied by data—
(a)where scientific examination is involved—
(i)where the application relates to the intended importation into Great Britain of a plant protection product for use by the importer only and the product differs from another product already approved under regulation 5 of the principal Regulations in form only and not in substance ... ... ... ...
£290 (note (a))
(£285)
(ii)in any other case ... ... ... ...
£630 (note (a))
(£620)
(b)where no scientific examination is involved—
(i)where the application relates to one product only ... ... ... ...
£285 (note (a))
(£285)
(ii)for each further product included in the same application ... ... ... ...
£10 (note (b))
(£10)
4. Preliminary examination of an Annex 1 application or of an application for provisional approval (not being in either case a resubmitted application) ... ... ... ...
£4,500 (note (c))
(£4,400)
5. Notification to an applicant following a preliminary examination that the application (an Annex I application or an application for any approval under the principal Regulations) was incomplete ... ... ... ...
£100
(£100)
6. Evaluation of data submitted in compliance with a requirement or condition specified in a provisional approval, on each occasion data is submitted ... ... ... ...
£2,350 (note (a))
(£2,300)
7. Extending the period of a provisional approval under regulation 7(5) of the principal Regulations ... ... ... ...
£630
(£620)
8. Preliminary examination and evaluation of an application for an emergency approval under regulation 8 of the principal Regulations ... ... ... ...
£2,350 (note (a))
(£2,300)
9. Preliminary examination and evaluation of an application for approval of a plant protection product for trial purposes under regulation 9 of the principal Regulations—
(a)where the application is accompanied by data—
(i)where evaluation of data is required in an area of risk assessment which has already been considered for the active substance in question ... ... ... ...
£1,650 (note (a))
(£1,600)
(ii)where evaluation of data is required in support of a new area of risk assessment for an active substance, or of a new active substance ... ... ... ...
£4,700 (note (a))
(£1,600)
(b)where the application is not accompanied by data—
(i)where a case for extrapolation from an existing approval has been made ... ... ... ...
£1,400 (note (a))
(£1,600)
(ii)where no scientific examination is involved ... ... ... ...
£30
—
(c)where the application is for the renewal of an approval previously granted where the period for which it was granted has expired ... ... ... ...
£290 (note (a))
(£285)
10. Preliminary examination and evaluation of an application under regulation 10 of the principal Regulations for an extension of approved use of a plant protection product already approved under regulation 5 of the principal Regulations—
(a)where the application is a first application for the new use ... ... ... ...
£470 (note (a))
(£460)
(b)where the application is for the renewal of an extension where the period for which the extension was granted has expired ... ... ... ...
£150 (note (a))
(£145)
11. Preliminary examination and evaluation of an application under regulation 11 of the principal Regulations for approval of a plant protection product, where the application relates to a plant protection product already approved in another EEA State ... ... ... ...
£1,650 (note (a))
(£1,600)
12. Renewal under regulation 5(2) or (3) of the principal Regulations of an approval granted under regulation 5 of those Regulations—
(a)where the application is accompanied by data ... ... ... ...
£2,350 (note (a))
(£2,300)
(b)where the application is not accompanied by data ... ... ... ...
£630 (note (a))
(£620)
13. Modification under regulation 13(7) of the principal Regulations of any approval granted under those Regulations or of an extension of use granted under regulation 10 of the principal Regulations—
(a)where the application is for one product only ... ... ... ...
£285 (note (a))
(£285)
(b)for each further product included in the same application ... ... ... ...
£10 (note (b))
(£10)
14. Preliminary examination and evaluation of an application for the official recognition of a test facility or organisation as required by points 2.2 and 2.3 of the introduction to Annex III to the Directive(5)—
(a)in connection with the application and inspection for official recognition of the test facility ... ... ... ...
£1,120 (note (a))
—
(b)in connection with re-inspection ... ... ... ...
£840 (note (a))
—
Notes
(a)
If the application is withdrawn before evaluation starts there will be refunded to the applicant an amount equal to 90% of the fee but with a minimum retention of £100.
(b)
To justify this reduced fee the evidence supporting the application must be the same for all products included in the application.
(c)
Where an application is made for provisional approval of a plant protection product not already approved in another member State which contains an active substance not included in Annex 1 and that application is accompanied by an Annex 1 application relating to that active substance no fee is payable in relation to the first mentioned application.”
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations replace the Schedule to the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 (“the Fees Regulations”) which prescribe fees to be paid to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in connection with services provided and approvals granted by the Ministry in pursuance of the Community obligations of the United Kingdom (as regards Great Britain) under Council Directive 91/414/EEC, as amended, and supplement the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995, as amended, which implement the Directive in Great Britain.
These Regulations—
(a)revise the amounts of the fees, to take account of inflation and other factors (the previous amounts are shown in parentheses and in italics in the right-hand column of the Schedule);
(b)introduce a new fee structure for applications for approval for trial purposes;
(c)add a further service in respect of which a fee is payable under the Fees Regulations, namely the preliminary examination and evaluation of an application for the official recognition of a test facility or organisation as required by points 2.2 and 2.3 of the introduction to Annex III to the Directive.
A compliance cost assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations. Copies of this assessment can be obtained from the Pesticides Safety Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Room 313, Mallard House, Kings Pool, 3 Peasholme Green, York YO1 2PX. A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.
(1)
1973 c. 51.
(2)
1995/888.
(3)
The figures in italics are the amounts of fees under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997.
(4)
References in this Schedule to the principal Regulations are to the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/887) as amended.
(5)
Points 2.2 and 2.3 of the introduction to Annex III to the Directive were inserted by Annex II to Commission Directive 93/71/EEC (OJ No. L221, 31.8.93, p. 27). Point 2.2 requires that the tests and analyses required under points 6.2 to 6.7 of section 6 to Annex III (efficacy data) be conducted by official or officially recognised testing facilities or organisations satisfying the requirements set out in point 2.2. Point 2.3 sets out requirements regarding the provision of information to verify compliance and inspections.
