The Plant Protection Products (Basic Conditions) Regulations 1997
These Regulations supplement the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/887) as amended (S.I. 1996/1940) (“the principal Regulations”) which implement in Great Britain Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, as amended. The principal Regulations require that plant protection products may not be placed on the market or used within Great Britain unless they have been approved by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State (“the Ministers”) and make provision concerning the process of application for, evaluation and granting of approvals, which may be given subject to conditions, and the packaging and labelling of approved plant protection products.