G/TBT/N/SWE/129
20 January 2015 
(15-0356)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: SWEDEN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Environment and Energy (Miljö- och energidepartementet) 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
National Board of Trade 
Box 6803  
113 86 Stockholm Sweden kommerskollegium@kommers.se  
+46 (0) 8 690 48 00 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Pesticides. Pesticides 
and other agrochemicals in general (ICS: 65.100.01) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulation 
Concerning the Use of Chemical Plant Protection Products Amending Regulation (2014:425) 
on Pesticides (3 pages, in Swedish) 
6. Description of content: These provisions amend regulation (2014:425) of pesticides and 
prohibits the use of chemical plant protection products  
• To control vegetation in lakes, ponds and wetlands; 
• For post-harvest treatment with fungicides of fruit and potatoes for human 
consumption, and 
• To treat soil against harmful nematodes when cultivating crops intended for human 
consumption. 
The Swedish Board of Agriculture may allow use of chemical plant protection products for 
the purposes above in special cases provided that there are no non-chemical methods available which lead to a satisfactory control of pests and weed. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The use of chemical plant protection products for the purposes above is limited in Sweden. This reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products was achieved before the 
application of Directive 2009/128/EC. In the Swedish National Action Plan for a sustainable 
use of plant protection products (NAP) this is identified as a good practice in accordance 
with article 15.2 of Directive 2009/128/EC and it is explicitly stated in the action plan that 
one objective of the action plan is that the use of chemical plant protection products shall 
remain limited in these areas. The regulation aims at achieving this objective.  
The regulation also aims at promoting integrated pest management and alternative 
approaches or techniques such as non-chemical alternatives to chemical plant protection 
products. G/TBT/N/SWE/129 
 
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  Protection of animal or plant life or health; Protection of Human health or Safety; 
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:  All laws and regulations adopted by the Swedish parliament or 
government ministries are published in the Sw edish Code of Statute (SFS), available at: 
http://www.riksdagen.se/en/ Documents-and-laws/Laws/  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   April 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force:   April 2015   
10. Final date for comments: 20 April 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2015&num=2
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