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translations Directive 91/414 of 15.07.1991
concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 230 p. 1 of 19.08.1991, last amended on 12.09.
2003 (Official Journal of the EC L 228 p.11)
Rules on the licensing, market-ing, use and control of plant protection products
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Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3600/92 of 11.12.1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the work programme referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 366 p. 10 of
Work programme for the mar-keting of plant protection prod-ucts, request for notification
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94 of 27 April 1994 lay-ing down the active substances of plant protection products and designating the rapporteur Member States for the imple-mentation of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 107 p. 8 of
Designation of the rapporteurs, laying down the deadline for the submission of the dossiers, list of notifiers
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translations Commission Regulation (EC)
No 451/2000 of 28 February 2000 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the second and third stages of the work programme referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Direc-tive 91/414/EEC
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 55 p. 25 of
Laying down the active sub-stances in the second stage of testing, request for the notifica-tion of all the remaining active substances, laying down the procedural sequences, introduc-tion of a rule on fees
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 703/2001 of 6 April 2001 laying down the active sub-stances of plant protection products to be assessed in the second stage of the work pro-gramme referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC and revising the list of Member States designated as rapporteurs for these sub-stances
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 98 p.6 of 07.04.2001
Naming of the rapporteur Mem-ber States for the examination of the active substances in the second stage of the testing of existing active substances, list of notifiers, laying down the dead-line for the submission of the dossiers
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1112/2002 of 20 June 2002 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the fourth stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 168 p. 14 of 27.06.2002
Request for the notification of all
“existing active substances”
which were not included in the first three stages, the laying down of the procedural se-quences and the rule on fees
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 of 14 August 2002 laying down further detailed rules for the imple-mentation of the third stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/
EEC and amending Regula-tion (EC) No 451/2000
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 224 p. 23 of 21.08.2002, last amended on 19.06.2003 (Official Journal of the EC L 151 p. 32)
Naming of the rapporteur Member States for the ex-amination of the active sub-stances in the third stage, list of notifiers, the laying down of deadlines for the submis-sion of the dossiers, the pro-duction of the monographs, rules relating to the test se-quence, rule on fees
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2002 of 20 Novem-ber 2002 extending the time period referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/ EEC and concerning the non-inclusion of certain active substances in Annex I to that Directive and the withdrawal of authorizations for plant protection products containing these substances
BMVEL Offical Journal of the EC L 319 p. 3 of 23.11.2002, last amended on 29.04.2004 (Offical Journal of the EC L 127 p. 43)
Extension of the deadlines for the examination of the active substances in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd stages of the ex-amination of existing sub-stances, non-inclusion in Annex I of certain active sub-stances, list of “essential uses” for certain active sub-stances with time-limited transitional rules
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translations Commission Regulation (EC)
No 771/2004 of 23 April 2004 laying down transitional measures with regard to continued use of plant pro-tection products containing certain active substances following the accession of new Member States to the European Union
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 123 p. 7 of 27.04.2004
Special transitional rules for 5 active substances in Hungary until the end of 2005 or 2006, transitional rules for further existing substances until 30.04.2007
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Regulation (EC) No
2003/2003 of the European Parliament
and of the Council relating to fertilizers
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 304 p.1 of 21.11.2003, last amended on 26.04.2004 (Official Journal L 168 p.1)
Authorization, composition, labelling and packaging of EC fertilizers
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Directive 91/676/EEC of 12.12.1991 on the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from ag-ricultural sources
BMU,
BMVEL Official Journal of the EC L 375 p. 1 of 31.12.1991, last amended on 31.10.2003 (Official Journal of the EC L 284 p. 1)
Reduction in the releases of nitrogen into the waters. Inter alia, areas at risk are to be identified and programmes of action undertaken in these areas. Within the framework of the programmes of action, the Member States establish rules for good professional practice in the application of fertilizers which must be ob-served by farmers
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Law on the protection of cultivated plants
(Plant Protection Act -PflSchG)
BMVEL In the version of 14.05.1998 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 971), last amen-ded on 25.11.2003 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 2304)
Protection of plants and culti-vated plants against harmful organisms; averting dangers by means of plant protection products
-Ordinance on evidence of specialist knowledge about plant protection
(PflSchSachkV)
BMVEL Of 28.07.1987 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p.
1752), last amended on 07.05.2001 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p.
885)
Specialist knowledge about
plant protection
-Ordinance on plant protec-tion products and plant pro-tection equipment
(PflanzenschutzMGV)
BMVEL In the version of 17.08.1998, (Federal
Regulates the licensing of plant protection products and plant protection equipment
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translations Ordinance on prohibitions of
use of plant protection products
(PflschAnwV)
BMVEL Of 10.11.1992 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p. 1887), last amen-ded on 23.07.2003 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1533)
Prohibitions and restrictions of use of plant protection products
-Announcement of the prin-ciples of good professional practice in the area of plant protection
BMVEL Federal Gazette No.
220a of 21.11.1998 Principles for the realization of good professional practice in the area relating to plant protection
-Fertilizer Act (DüngMG)
BMVEL Of 15.11.1977 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p. 2134), last amen-ded on 29.10.2001 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 2785)
Licensing of types of fertilizer, labelling and packaging, the principles of good profes-sional practice during the application of fertilizers
-Ordinance on the placing on the market of fertilizers, soil supplements, culture sub-strates and plant supplements (fertilizer ordinance -DüMV)
BMVEL In the version of 11.08.1999 (Federal Law Gazette I p.
1758), last amended on 04.12.2003 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p.
2373)
Licensing of types of fertiliz-ers, listing and description of the licensed types of fertiliz-ers, rules on labelling and packaging
-Ordinance on the principles of good professional prac-tice during the application of fertilizers (DüngeV)
BMVEL Of 26.01.1996 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p.
118), last amended on 14.02.2003 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p.
235)
More precise determination of the principles of good professional practice, re-quirements for the application of fertilizers
-Ordinance on the costs of the Federal Office of Con-sumer Protection and Food Safety and the Federal Bio-logical Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry in plant protection (plant protection fee ordinance -PfSchMGebV)
BMVEL Of 05.10.1998 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p.
3140), last amended on 12.02.2004 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p.
266)
Fees and expenses incurred in the licensing procedure for plant protection products and active substances
-Pharmaceuticals
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translations Law on the distribution of
medicines
(German Drugs Act - AMG)
BMGS In the version of 11.12.1998 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 3586), last amen-ded on 09.12.2004 (Federal Law Ga-zette I p. 3214)
Basic licensing and registra-tion duties for drugs, homeo-pathic drugs and veterinary pharmaceuticals
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translations General administrative
pro-vision for application of the guidelines for the testing of drugs
BMGS Of 14.12.1989, last amended on 11.10.2004
-Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 of 22 July 1993 lay-ing down Community proce-dures for the authorization and supervision of medici-nal products for human and veterinary use and estab-lishing a European Agency for the Evaluation of Medici-nal Products
BMGS Of 22. 07.1993 (Offi-cial Journal L 214 of 24.08.1993 p. 1), last amended on
18.06.2003 (Official Journal L 245 of 29.09.2003, p. 19)
Fundamental licensing duty for certain pharmaceuticals in the European Union
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Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and super-vision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency
BMGS Of 31.03.2004 (Offi-cial Journal L 136 of 30.04.2004, p. 1)
Fundamental licensing duty for certain pharmaceuticals in the European Union (re-places Regulation 2309/93)
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4.2.2 Chemicals management in the wider sense Laundry and cleaning products
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translations Regulation (EC) No
648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents
BMU Official Journal of the EC L 104 p. 1 of 08.04.2004
Placing detergents and
ten-sides on the market Official EC lan-guages
Law on the environmental impact of laundry and cleaning products
(WRMG)
BMU In the version of 05.03.1987 (Federal Law Gazette I p.875), last amended on 27.06.1994 (Fed-eral Law Gazette I p. 1440)
Rule on the environmentally compatible employment (marketing, consumption and use) of laundry and cleaning products