Arrangements made by the UK to accelerate approval of pesticides for importation, did not meet EC requirements, since it created a difference between products already established and the ones for which approval was sought. The rules gave a wide discretion to the Minister to deem that a new product was sufficiently like an existing one to permit a licence. This requirement did not meet the EC requirements for identicality.
Citations:
Times 16-Nov-1999
Statutes:
Food and Environment Protection Act 1985
European
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.85412