COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 547/2011
of 8 June 2011
implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards labelling requirements for plant protection products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular Article 65(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 the labelling requirements set out in Article 16 of Directive 91/414/EEC of the Council of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (2) and in Annexes IV and V thereto, are to continue to apply under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
(2)
It is therefore necessary for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 to adopt a regulation incorporating those labelling requirements for plant protection products with any necessary modifications, such as updating references.
(3)
Provisions should be included concerning re-use of packaging and concerning plant protection products which are to be used for experiments or tests for research or development purposes.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The labelling of plant protection products shall comply with the requirements, as set out in Annex I, and contain, where approriate, the standard phrases for special risks to human or animal health or to the environment, as set out in Annex II, and the standard phrases for safety precautions for the protection of human or animal health or of the environment, as set out in Annex III.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 14 June 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 June 2011.