CELEX: 51976PC0427
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-29
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE CONCERNING THE PLACING OF EEC-ACCEPTED PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET

9. 9. 76                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 212/3
                                                           II
                                                   (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
                   Proposal for a Council Directive concerning the placing of EEC-accepted plant
                                           protection products on the market
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 4 August 1976)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, there are rules in most Member States
                                                                governing approval to place plant protection
                                                                products on the market and whereas these
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    regulations contain differences which constitute an
European Economic Community, and in particular                  obstacle to trade and thereby directly affect the
Article 100 thereof,                                            establishment and functioning of the common
                                                                market;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                               Whereas it is therefore desirable to eliminate this
                                                                obstacle by aligning the relevant provisions laid
Having regard to the opinion of the European                    down in the Member States by law, regulation or
Parliament,                                                     administrative provision to create conditions
                                                                permitting the free circulation of plant protection
                                                                products in the Community;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                Whereas a large number of plant protection products
                                                                are already in circulation in the Member States and
 Whereas plant production has a very important place            whereas a considerable proportion of these are
in the European Communities;                                    intended only for local or regional circulation to
                                                                meet local or regional agricultural and ecological
                                                                conditions and needs; whereas it therefore seems
Whereas the yield from that production is continually
                                                                desirable that Member States remain free to regulate
 being affected by harmful organisms and weeds and
                                                                in accordance with national provisions plant
 whereas it is absolutely essential to protect plants
                                                                protection products intended for circulation in their
 against these risks to prevent a fall in yields and
                                                                own territory;
 thereby help to assure the availability of supplies;
                                                                Whereas in a first stage the need for harmonization
 Whereas one of the most important methods of                   will be satisfied by the creation of the type of an
 protecting plants and plant products and of                    EEC-accepted plant protection product which may be
 increasing the productivity of agriculture is to use           placed freely on the market within the Community
 plant protection products;                                     and whereas all EEC-accepted plant protection
                                                                products are to be listed in a 'Common catalogue of
 Whereas the effects of these plant protection products         EEC-accepted plant protection products';
 may not be wholly favourable for plant production
 and their use may involve risks for man and the                Whereas there must be uniform rules in the Member
 environment since, in the main, they are toxic                 States relating to the conditions and procedure for
 substances or preparations having dangerous effects;           EEC-acceptance;
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Whereas it is necessary, at the time when plant               the provisions of this Directive shall be carried out in
protection products are EEC-accepted, to make sure             accordance with Community methods of sampling
that when properly applied for the purpose intended            and analysis;
they are sufficiently effective and have no
unacceptable effect on plants or plant products, no
unreasonable adverse influence on the environment in           Whereas the implementation of this Directive and the
general and, in particular, no harmful effect on               adaptation of its Annexes to the development of
human or animal health;                                        technical and scientific knowledge necessitates a close
                                                               cooperation between the Commission and Member
                                                               States; whereas the procedure of the Standing
Whereas, in a first stage, EEC-acceptance shall be             Committee on Plant Health offers a suitable basis for
limited to plant protection products containing                this,
certain active substances laid down at Community
level;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Whereas EEC-accepted plant protection products
shall after expiry of a certain period be subject to no
restrictions on placing them on the market within the                                   Article 1
 Community for reasons related to the requirements
laid down in this Directive and the Annexes thereto;
                                                               This Directive concerns the placing on the market
                                                               within the Community of EEC-accepted plant
Whereas it is desirable to give Member States the              protection products put up in commercial form.
 right through a special procedure to raise any
 objections they may have to a plant protection
product and its inclusion in the Common catalogue                                       Article 2
 as well as prohibit a plant protection product already
 included in the aforementioned Catalogue or limit its
use;                                                           For the purposes of this Directive the following
                                                               definitions shall apply:
Whereas it is desirable that the Commission should               1. Plant protection products
ensure that plant protection products to be included
 in the Common catalogue of EEC-accepted plant                       Active substances and preparations containing
protection products be published in the Official                     one ore more active substances intended:
Journal of the European Communities;                                 1.1. to destroy organisms harmful to plants or
                                                                          plant products or to protect them from such
                                                                          organisms, in so far as such substances or
Whereas this Directive complements the Council                            preparations are not defined in the following
Directive of . . . on the approximation of the laws,                      provisions;
regulations and administrative provisions of Member
States relating to the classification, packaging and                 1.2. to influence the life processes of plants,
labelling of pesticides in respect of the packaging and                   other than as a nutrient;
labelling of EEC-accepted plant protection products;
                                                                     1.3. to preserve plant products, in so far as they
 whereas, together with the latter Directive, it
                                                                          are not subject to special Council or
 considerably improves the protection given to the                        Commission provisions on preservatives;
 users of plant protection products and to the
 consumers of plants and plant products and whereas                  1.4. to destroy undesired plants; or
 it also contributes to the protection of the
 environment;                                                        1.5. to destroy parts of plants or to prevent
                                                                          undesired growth of plants.
 Whereas in order to ensure that the requirements laid           2. Plant protection products put up in commercial
 down in respect of EEC-accepted plant protection                    form
 products are satisfied when placed on the market,                   Plant protection products in the form in which
 Member States must make provision for appropriate                   they are supplied to the user.
 control arrangements;
                                                                 3.. Residues of plant protection products
Whereas official investigations of EEC-accepted plant                Residues of plant protection products and of
 protection products to check their compliance with                  their toxic metabolites or breakdown products.
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 4. Substances                                                  so far as can be ascertained in the light of current
                                                                scientific and technical knowledge:
     Chemical elements and their compounds, as they
      occur naturally or by manufacture.                        1.1. when properly applied for the purpose intended
                                                                      and having regard to all foreseeable conditions
  5. Preparations                                                     under which they will be used
      Mixtures or solutions composed of two or more                   1.1.1. they are sufficiently effective,
     substances, or of micro-organisms or viruses used                1.1.2. they have no unacceptable effect on plants
      as plant protection products.                                          or plant products,
                                                                      1.1.3. they have no harmful effect on human or
  6. Active substances
                                                                              animal health,
      Substances, micro-organisms and viruses, having                 1.1.4. they have no unreasonable           adverse
      general or specific action:                                            influence on the environment;
      6.1. against harmful organisms; or                        1.2. the nature and quantity of their active
                                                                      substances can be measured by methods in
      6.2. on plants, parts of plants or plant products.
                                                                      general use.
  7. Plants
                                                                2.      Uniform principles for checking compliance
      Live plants and live parts of plants, including           with the requirements listed in paragraph 1.1 shall be
      fresh fruit and seed.                                     established in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                down in Article 20.
  8. Plant products
                                                                3.     The active substances whose inclusion in
      Products, in the unprocessed state or having              EEC-accepted plant protection products is permitted
      undergone only simple preparation such as                 are listed in Annex I.
      milling, drying, or pressing, derived from plants,
      but excluding plants themselves as defined in 7.
                                                                                          Article 5
  9. Harmful organisms
                                                                 1.     Application for 'EEC-acceptance' of a plant
      Pests of plants or of plant products, belonging to         protection product may be made by:
      the animal or plant kingdoms and viruses.
                                                                 1.1. the manufacturer;
 10. Animals                                                     1.2. the distributer, if the plant protection product is
                                                                       to be first placed on the market within the
      Animals belonging to species normally nourished                  Community by a distributer; or
      and kept or consumed by man.
                                                                 1.3. the importer into the Community.
 11. Placing on the market
                                                                 2.     Each applicant shall be required to have a
      Any handing over whether in return for payment             permanent office within the Community.
       or free of charge.
                                                                                          Article 6
                          Article 3
                                                                 1.     Each application for EEC-acceptance may be
 Member States shall provide that plant protection               made to only one Member State.
 products 'may be placed on the market with the
 description 'EEC-accepted' only if they have been               2.     Each Member State shall receive and decide
 officially accepted in accordance with the provisions           within a reasonable period on any application for
 of this Directive.                                              EEC-acceptance made to it.
                                                                 3.     Within one month of the receipt of each
                          Article 4                              application the Member State concerned shall inform
                                                                 the other Member States and the Commission thereof
 1.     Member States shall provide that plant                   and shall at the same time provide^the following
 protection products may be 'EEC-accepted' only if, in           particulars of the application:
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— the name and address of the applicant,                        alteration, not constituting a separate acceptance, of
                                                                these terms.
— the name or experimental designation of the plant
    protection product,                                         3.    Any amendment of the particulars prescribed
— its physical nature,                                          under items 12, 13 and 14 of paragraph 3.1 of Article
                                                                15 on the label of an EEC-accepted plant protection
— the names and corresponding contents of all                   product shall be considered as a separate
     active substances contained in it,                         EEC-acceptance.
— the uses for which it is intended.
                                                                                       Article 10
                        Article 7                               Member States shall, if so requested, make available
                                                                to the other Member States and to the Commission
1.     The Member States shall provide that, when an             the files provided for under Article 9 (1) and shall
application for EEC-acceptance of a plant protection            supply to them on request and to the extent possible
product is made, at least those particulars which are           all information necessary for an understanding of the
set out in Annex II shall be supplied.                          acceptances.
2.     The applicant shall normally be required to                                     Article 11
submit scientific documentation relating to the
particulars supplied.
                                                                 1.    Member States shall provide that EEC-accep-
                                                                 tance shall expire not later than 10 years from
3.     Member States and the Commission shall                    31 December in the year in which it is granted. On
ensure that information involving business or                    such expiry, it may be renewed for a further period
manufacturing secrets is, if the applicant so requests,          not exceeding 10 years and for successive periods
treated as confidential.                                        thereafter not exceeding 10 years.
                                                                2.     Acceptance shall be cancelled or amended if:
                         Article 8
                                                                2.1. it is established that the requirements          for
                                                                      acceptance are not or no longer satisfied;
Member States shall ensure that satisfaction of the
requirements for EEC-acceptance set out in Article 4            2.2. false or misleading particulars were supplied
 (1) is established by official or officially recognized              concerning the facts on the basis of which
and scientifically valid tests and analyses.                          acceptance was granted.
                                                                 3.    Acceptance shall be cancelled at any time on
                         Article 9                               request in writing by the acceptance-holder to the
                                                                 Member State which granted the acceptance.
 1.    Member States shall be responsible for
compiling a file on each EEC-accepted plant
protection product. Each such file shall contain at                                    Article 12
least a copy of the application, a record of the
administrative actions taken by the Member State in              1.    With effect from 31 December of the year
 deciding on the application and all the essential               following the year of EEC-acceptance, the Member
results of the tests and analyses on which acceptance            States may not, for reasons related to the
was based.                                                       requirements laid down in this Directive and the
                                                                 Annexes thereto, refuse, prohibit or restrict the
 2.    Member States shall inform die other Member               placing on the market of EEC-accepted plant
States and the Commission immediately in writing of              protection products which comply with the
each plant protection product EEC-accepted in                    requirements of this Directive and the Annexes
 accordance with this Directive, indicating the terms            thereto.
 and the period of validity of such acceptance and
 attaching copies of each different label or draft label         2.    By way of derogation from paragraph 1 a
 under which the plant protection product is to be               Member State may apply, not less than three months
placed on the market within the Community. It shall              before expiry of the prescribed time limit under the
 also inform the other Member States and the                     procedure laid down in Article 20, for authorization
 Commission       immediately     of    any     subsequent       to prohibit totally or partially the placing of a plant
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protection product on the market within its territory           2. gives rise to unacceptable effects on plants or
or to restrict or vary its field of use.                           plant products, or
3.     Such authorization as provided for in paragraph         3. has unreasonable         adverse   influence  on   the
2 may be granted only if a plant protection product                environment,
fails to fulfil any one of the requirements of Article 4,
paragraph 1.1, in the territory of the Member State
making the application. This shall be established in           the Member State may apply under the procedure
 official or officially recognized and scientifically valid    laid down in Article 20 for authorization to prohibit
tests unless such failure is already evident from the          totally or partially the placing of this plant protection
particulars in the application.                                product on the market within its territory or to
                                                               restrict its use.
4.     If a Member State does not intend to make an
application under the provisions of paragraph 2 in
respect of a plant protection product, it shall notify                                  Article 15
the Commission or make a statement to that effect to
the Standing Committee on Plant Health.                        1.     The Council Directive of . . . on the
                                                               approximation of the laws, regulations and
5.     If all the Member States submit such statements         administrative provisions relating to the classification,
or inform the Commission as provided for in                    packaging and labelling of pesticides shall apply to
paragraph 4, the time limit prescribed in paragraph 1          the classification, packaging and labelling of
shall no longer apply and Article 13 (1) shall apply.          EEC-accepted plant protection products.
6.     The time limit prescribed in paragraph 1 may be
                                                               2.     Member States shall take all necessary steps to
extended before its expiry under the procedure laid            ensure that plant protection products which have
down in Article 20 if sound reasons exist.                     been accepted in accordance with the provisions of
                                                               this Directive can not be placed on the market unless
                                                               their packaging satisfies the following requirements:
                          Article 13
                                                               2.1. the packages must be so constructed and sealed
1.     The Commission shall publish, if possible                     that their contents cannot escape; this
before the end of each year, a list of all the plant                  requirement does not apply where special safety
protection products which may be placed on the                       devices are prescribed;
market within the Community with the description
'EEC-accepted' during the following year. The list             2.2. the materials constituting the packages and
shall be published in the Official journal of the                   closures must not be. liable to attack by the
European Communities under the title 'Common                         contents or liable to form harmful or dangerous
catalogue of EEC-accepted plant protection products'                 compounds with the contents;
and shall specify the year to which it relates. Should
there be any discrepancy between the Catalogue and
                                                               2.3. the packages and closures must be sufficiently
the particulars of any acceptance, the particulars
                                                                     strong and solid throughout to ensure that they
given in the acceptance shall prevail.
                                                                     cannot come apart and will safely withstand the
                                                                     stresses and strains of normal handling.
2.    Each Member State shall draw up an annual list
of the plant protection products EEC-accepted in
accordance with this Directive and of their uses               Packages meeting these           requirements   shall  be
provided for within its territory.                             regarded as satisfactory.
                          Article 14                           3.     Member States shall provide that in addition to
                                                               the labelling provisions of paragraph 1 the packaging
                                                               of EEC-accepted plant protection products shall
If it is established that in the territory of a Member         satisfy the following requirements as to labelling:
State an EEC-accepted plant protection product when
properly applied for a use which has been provided
                                                               3.1. All packages must show clearly and indelibly the
for,
                                                                     following:
1. gives rise to harmful effects on human or animal                  3.1.1. the proprietary name or designation of the
   health, or                                                                plant protection product;
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    3.1.2.  the words 'EEC-accepted' together with                         3.1.10. advice for the protection of the
            the abbreviation for the Member State,                                 environment in general and of man and
            which has accepted the plant protection                                animals in particular. Such safety advice
            product, of the international code used                                shall normally be given in the form of
            for motor vehicles;                                                    standard phrases selected appropriately
                                                                                   from these listed in Annex IV of this
                                                                                    Directive and in Annex IV of the Council
    3.1.3.   the name and address of the holder of                                  Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967;
             the EEC-acceptance and the registration
             number of the plant protection product;
             the number shall immediately follow the                       3.1.11. the type of plant protection product
             abbreviation for the Member State as                                   (e.g., insecticide, growth regulator,
             provided for in paragraph 3.1.2;                                       herbicide e t c . . . .);
    3.1.4.   if different from 3.1.3, the name and                         3.1.12. the uses of the plant protection product;
              address of the person first placing the
            plant protection product on the market;
                                                                           3.1.13. directions for            use and   timing     of
                                                                                   application;
    3.1.5.    the names and corresponding contents of
              all active substances contained in the                       3.1.14. the dose rate, expressed in metric units,
             plant protection product, each active                                  for each use;
              substance being mentioned separately by
             the name or one of the names given for
              it in Annex I and each corresponding                         3.1.15. where necessary, the safety              interval
              content being expressed in terms of pure                              between application and
              active substance as follows:
                                                                                    (a) sowing or planting,
             — for plant protection products which
                   are solids, aerosols, volatile liquids                           (b) harvesting,
                   (boiling point maximum 50° C) or
                                                                                     (c) use or consumption, or
                   viscous liquids (lower limit 1000
                   centipoises at 20° C): as a percentage                           (d) sowing or planting succeeding crops
                   by weight,                                                             for each use;
              — for other liquids: as a percentage by
                    weight and in g/1 at 20° C,                            3.1.16. warnings concerning possible phytotoxi-
              — for gases: as a percentage by volume;                                city, varietal susceptibility, tainting of
                                                                                    produce and any other adverse side
                                                                                     effects, together with the intervals to be
     3.1.6.    the weight or volume of the contents,                                 observed      between       application     and
              expressed in metric units;                                            sowing or planting:
                                                                                     (a) the crop in question, or
     3.1.7.   identification of the quantity manufac-
               tured during a specified period;                                      (b) succeeding crops;
     3.1.8.    the physical nature of the preparation                       3.1.17. if accompanied by a leaflet as provided
               (e.g., wettable powder, emulsifiable                                  for in paragraph 3.5 the sentence 'Read
               concentrate e t c . . . . ) ;                                         accompanying instructions before use'.
                                                                            In no case may wording on the label on plant
     3.1.9.    indication of the nature of special risks,                   protection products accepted in accordance with
               if any, to the environment in general and                    the provisions of this Directive bear such
               to man and animals in particular.                            indications     as 'non-toxic'         or    'harmless'.
                Indication of such risks shall normally be                  However, labels may state that a plant
               given in the form of standard phrases                        protection product, for example, is harmless to
                selected appropriately from those listed                    bees or to any other specified organisms (pests,
               in Annex III of this Directive and in                        fish, game, beneficial species etc.) provided that
               Annex III of the Council Directive                           such indications refer to the normal use of the
               67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967;                                  plant protection product.
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3.2. The label required in accordance with the                   2.     The provisions of paragraph 1 shall be without
      provisions of paragraph 3.1 must be so affixed             prejudice to the right of Member States to require:
      to one or more surfaces of the package that it
      can be read horizontally when the package is set           2.1. reference to be made on the label that
      down normally. The dimensions of the label                       EEC-accepted plant protection products are
      must be as follows:                                              subject to additional national provisions relating
                                                                       to the protection of the user or to the persons
    Package contents              Dimensions                          permitted to place them on the market;
      — less than or              if possible at least           2.2. a statement on the label that EEC-accepted plant
          equal to 3 1            52 x 74 mm,                          protection products may not be used for
                                                                       purposes, or in a manner, not provided for on
      — greater than 3 1, and                                          the label.
          not exceeding 50 1, at least 74 x 105 mm,
                                                                 3.     Member States shall inform the other Member
      — geater than 50 1, and                                    States and the Commission of any implementation of
          not exceeding 500 1 at least 105 x 148 mm,             paragraph 2.
      — greater than 500 1        at least 148 x 210 mm.
      The entire surface of the label must adhere to                                     Article 17
      the immediate packaging of the plant protection
      product.                                                   Member States shall make suitable arrangements for
                                                                 EEC-accepted plant protection products, which have
3.3. A label shall not be required where the                     been placed on the market, to be officially controlled,
      particulars are clearly shown on the package               at least by check sampling, as regards their compliance
      itself in a manner satisfying the requirements of          with the requirements of this Directive.
      paragraph 3.2.
                                                                                         Article 18
3.4. Member States may make the placing on the
       market in their territories of plant protection           Member States shall take all steps necessary to ensure
       products accepted in accordance with the
                                                                 that official controls of EEC-accepted plant
       provisions of this Directive subject to the
                                                                 protection products to check their compliance with
       requirement that such plant protection products
                                                                 the requirements laid down by law, regulation or
       be labelled in an least one of their official
                                                                  administrative provision        are carried out in
       languages.
                                                                  accordance with Community methods of sampling
                                                                 and analysis.
3.5. Member States may permit the particulars
       required under items 13 and 16 of paragraph 3.1
       be indicated on a separate leaflet accompanying                                   Article 19
       the package if the space available on the package
       is too small to allow labelling in accordance              1.     The following shall be established, having
       with the provisions of paragraph 3.2. Such a              regard to current scientific and technical knowledge,
       leaflet shall be regarded as part of the label for        in accordance with the procedure laid down in
       the purpose of this Directive.                            Article 20:
                                                                  1.1. criteria for the composition, purity and
 4.     Member States shall provide that toxic                          condition, where these are found necessary, of
EEC-accepted plant protection products must be                          the active substances listed in Annex I;
strikingly coloured.
                                                                  1.2. explanatory notes covering the particulars set
                                                                        out in Annex II;
                          Article 16                              1.3. any necessary amendments to Annexes I, II, III
                                                                        and IV;
                                                                  1.4. the methods of sampling and analysis referred to
 1.     The Member States may not for reasons related                   in Article 18.
 to colour, packaging or labelling, prohibit, restrict or
 impede the placing on the market of plant protection
 products which comply with the requirements of this              2.     Active substances shall be included in Annex I
 Directive and the Annexes thereto.                               only if:
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2.1. on the basis of the results presented it may be            accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
     expected that        plant protection products             Where they are not in accordance with opinion of the
     manufactured from them will meet the                       Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the
     requirements of Article 4 (1);                             Commission shall without delay propose to the
                                                                Council the measures to be adopted. The Council
2.2. their residues, if constituting a danger to human          shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority.
     or animal health, can be measured by methods
     in general use.                                            If the Council has not adopted any measures within
                                                                three months of the proposal being submitted to it,
                                                                the Commission shall adopt the proposed measures
                        Article  20                             and implement them forthwith.
1.    Where the procedure laid down in this Article is
to be followed, matters shall be referred without                                      Article  21
delay by the chairman, either on his own initiative or
at the request of a Member State, to the Standing
Committee on Plant Health set up by the Council                 1.     The Member States shall bring into force the
Decision of . . . hereinafter called the 'Committee'.            provisions necessary to comply with this Directive
                                                                 within 18 months of its notification and shall
                                                                forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2.    Within the Committee, the votes of the Member
States shall be weighted as provided in Article 148 (2)
of the Treaty. The charman shall not vote.                      2.     On notification of this Directive Member States
                                                                 shall inform the Commission, in time to enable it to
3.    The representative of the Commission shall                put forward its comments, of all draft laws,
submit a draft of the measures to be adopted. The               regulations or administrative provisions which they
Committee shall deliver its opinion on such measures             contemplate adopting in the field covered by this
within a time limit set by the chairman according to             Directive.
the urgency of the matters. Opinions shall be
delivered by a majority of 41 votes.
                                                                                        Article 22
4.    The Commission shall adopt the measures and
implement them forthwith where they are in                       This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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                                                    ANNEX    I
                      Active substances permitted in EEC-accepted plant protection products
         alachlor                                       carbaryl
         alachlore                                      carbaril
         alaclor
         alachloor                                      carbophenothion
                                                        carbophenothion
         aldicarb                                       carbofenotion
         aldicarbe                                      carbofenothion
         aluminiumphosphid                              chloraniformethan
         aluminium phosphide                            chloraniformethane
         phosphure d'aluminium                          cloraniformetano
         fosfuro di alluminio                           chloraniformethaan
         aluminiumfosfide
                                                        chlorbufam
         anthraquinon                                   chlorbufame
         anthraquinone                                  clorbufam
         antrachinone                                   chloorbufam
         anthrachinon
                                                        chlorodimeform
         asulam                                         chlordimeform
         asulame                                        chlordimeforme
                                                        clordimeform
         atrazin                                        chloordimeform
         atrazine
         atrazina                                       chlorfenvinphos
                                                        chlorfenvinfos
         azinphos-methyl                                chloorfenvinfos
         azinphos-methyl
         azinfos-metile
         azinfos-methyl                                 chloroxuron
                                                        cloroxuron
         barban
         barbane                                         chlorpropham
                                                         chlorprophame
         benomyl                                         clorprofam
          benomyl                                        chloorprofam
          benomil
                                                         chlorpyrifos
          bentazon                                       chlorpyriphos
         bentazone                                       clorpirifos
                                                         chloorpyrifos
         benzoylprop-ethyl
         Benzoylprop-athyl                               chlorthiamid
         benzoylprop-ethyl                               chlorthiamide
         benzoilprop-etile                               clortiamid
                                                         chloorthiamide
          binapacryl
         binapacril                                      chlortoluron
                                                         clortoluron
                                                         chloortoluron
          bromacil
          bromacile                                      coumatetralyl
                                                         coumatetralyl
          bromophos                                      cumatetralil
          bromofos                                       cumatetralyl
          captafol                                       crimidin
                                                         crimidine
          captan                                         crimidina
          captane
          captano                                        cycluron
                                                         cicluron
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            cyhexatin                                             dimethoat
             ciexatin                                             dimethoate
                                                                  dimethoate
             2,4-D n                                              dimetoato
                                                                  dimethoaat
             desmetryn
             desmetryne                                           dinocap
             desmetryne
             desmetrina                                           dinoseb og dets ammonium og amin salte
                                                                  Dinoseb und seine Ammonium- und Aminsalze
             dalapon Na-salt                                      dinoseb and its ammonium and amine salts
             Dalapon-Natriumsalz                                  dinosebe et ses sels d'ammonium et sels d'amine
             dalapon-sodium                                       dinoseb e suoi sali d'ammonio e d'ammine
             dalapon sale di sodio                                dinoseb en zijn ammonium — en amine zouten
             dalapon-natrium
                                                                   dinoseb acetat
             dazomet                                              Dinosebacetat
                                                                  dinoseb acetate
             demeton-S-methylsulfon                                dinosebe : ester acdtique
             demeton-S-methylsulphone                              dinoseb acetato
             demeton-S-methylsulphone                              dinosebacetaat
             demeton-S-metilsulfone
                                                                   diquat dibromid
             diazinon                                              Deiquat dibromid
             diazinone                                             diquat dibromide
                                                                   diquat dibromuro
             dicamba (2)
                                                                   diuron
              dichlobenil
              dichlobenil                                          DNOC
              diclobenil
                                                                   dodemorph
              dichlofluanid                                        dodemorph
              dichlofluanide                                       dodemorf
              diclofluanide
                                                                   dodin
              dichlorprop (2)                                      dodine
              diclorprop                                           doguadine
              dichloorprop                                          dodina
              dichlorpropan                                        endosulfan
              dichloropropane
              dicloropropano                                        EPTC
              dichloorpropaan
                                                                    fenazaflor
              dichlorvos                                            fenazaflor
              diclorvos                                             fenazafloor
              dichloorvos
                                                                    fenitrothion
               dicofol                                              fenitrothion
                                                                    fenitrotion
               dimethirimol
               dimethirimol                                         fenthion
               dimetirimol                                          fention
                                                                    ferbam
                                                                    ferbame
               (') Kun tilladt som salte og estere.
                   Nur als Salze und Ester zugelassen.              ferrosulfat
                   Admis seulement comme sels et esters.
                                                                     Eisen-II-sulfat
                   Permitted only as salts and esters.
                   Ammesso solo come sali e esteri
                                                                     ferrous sulphate
                   Enkel toegelaten als zouten en esters.            sulfate de fer
                                                                     ferro solfato
               (') Kun tilladt som salte.
                                                                     ferrosulfaat
                   Nur als Salze zugelassen.
                   Permitted only as salts.
                   Admis seulement comme sels.                       folpet
                   Ammesso solo come sali.                           folpel
                   Enkel toegelaten als zouten.
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         fonofos                                                      methomyl
                                                                      methomyl
         formetanat                                                   metomil
         formetanate
         formetanate                                                  methoprotryn
         formetanato                                                  methoprotryne
         formetanaat                                                  metoprotryne
                                                                      metoprotrin
         ioxynil (J)                                                  methoprotryne
         Joxynil
                                                                      methoxychlor
         kobberoxychlorid                                             methoxychlore
         Kupferoxychlorid                                             metossicloro
         copper oxychloride                                           methoxychloor
         oxychlorure de cuivre
         ossicloruro di rame                                          methylbromid
         koper oxychloride                                            Methylbromid (Brom-methan)
                                                                      bromomethane (methyl bromide)
         lenacil                                                      bromure de methyle (bromomethane)
         lenacile                                                     bromuro di metile (bromometano)
                                                                      methylbromide (broommethaan)
         lindan
         lindane                                                      metiram
         lindano                                                      metirame
         lindaan                                                      metirame-zinc
         linuron                                                      metobromuron
                                                                      metobromuron
         malathion
         malation                                                     metoxuron
                                                                      metoxuroni
         mancozeb
         mancozebe                                                    metribuzin
                                                                      metribuzin
         maneb
         manebe                                                       mercaptodimethur
                                                                      methiocarb
         MCPA (2)                                                     methiocarbe
                                                                      metiocarb
         mechlorprop (2)
         mecoprop                                                     mevinphos
         mecoprop                                                     mevinphos
                                                                      mevinfos
         metaldehyd
         metaldehyde                                                  monolinuron
         metaldehyde
         metaldeide                                                   monuron
         methabenzthiazuron                                           natrium chlorat
         methabenzthiazuron                                           Natriumchlorat
         metabenztiazuron                                             sodium chlorate
                                                                      chlorate de soude
         methidathion                                                 sodio clorato
         methidathion                                                 natrium chloraat
          metidation
                                                                      nicotin
          H Kun tilladt som alkalisalte og octansyre-estere.          Nikotin
             Nur als Alkalisalze und Octanoat zugelassen.             nicotine
             Permitted only as alkali metal salts and octanoic ester. nicotina
             Admis seulement comme sels alcalins et ester             nikotine
             octanoique.
             Ammesso solo come sali alcalini ed estere ottanoico.
             Enkel toegelaten als alkalimetaalzouten en octanoaat.
                                                                      nicotinsulfat
          2                                                           Nikotinsulfat
         ( ) Kun tilladt som salte.
             Nur als Salze zugelassen.
                                                                      nicotine sulphate
             Permitted only as salts.                                 sulphate de nicotine
             Admis seulement comme sels.                              solfato di nicotina
             Ammesso solo come sali.                                  nicotinsulfaat
             Enkel toegelaten als zouten.
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             nitrofen                                      propineb
             nitrofene                                     propin&be
             nitrofeen
                                                           propyzamid
             omethoat                                      propyzamide
             omethoate                                     propizamide
             omethoate
             ometoato                                      pyrazon
             omethoaat                                     pyrazone
                                                           pirazon
             oxydemeton-methyl
             oxydemeton-methyl                             pyrethriner (*)
             essidemeton-metile                            Pyrethrine
                                                           pyrethrins
             paraquat  dichlorid og di-(methylsulfat)      pyrethrines
             Paraquat  dichlorid und di-(methylsulfat)     pirethrine
             paraquat  dichloride and di-(methylsulphate)  pyrethrinen
             paraquat  dichloride et di-(methylsulfate)
             paraquat  dicloro e di-(metilsolfato)         chinomethionat
             paraquat  dichloride en di-(methylsulfaat)    quinomethionate
                                                           chinomethionate
             parathio                                      chinometionato
             paration                                      chinomethionaat
             pentachlorphenol                              rotenon
             pentachlorophenol                             rotenone
             pentachlorophenol                             rotenone
             pentaclorofenolo
             pentachloorphenol                             simazin
             pentachloorfenol                              simazine
                                                           simazina
             pentachlorphenol Na-salt
             N atrium-pentachlorphenolat                   svovl
             sodium pentachlorphenate                      Schwefel
             pentachlorophenate de sodium                  sulphur
             pentaclorofenato di sodio                     soufre
             natrium pentachloorfenolaat                   zolfo
                                                           zwavel
             phenmedipham
             phenmediphame                                 sulfotep
             fenmedifam
                                                           TCA
             phosalon                                      TCA sodium
             phosalone
             fosalone                                      terbuthylazin
                                                           terbuthylazine
             phosmet                                       terbutylazine
             fosmet                                        terbutilazina
                                                           terbutylazin
             phosphamidon
             fosfamidone                                   terbutryn
             fosfamidon                                    terbutryne
                                                           terbutrin
             pirimicarb
             pirimicarbe                                   tetradifon
                                                           tetradifon
             prometryn
             prometryne
             prometryne
             prometrina
             propachlor
             propachlore
             propaclor                                     (4) Kun sammen med piperonyl butoxyd.
             propachloor                                       Nur zusammen mit Piperonylbutoxid.
                                                               Only together with piperonyl butoxide.
             propham                                           Seulement avec piperonyl butoxide.
             prophame                                          Solo con piperonilbutossido.
             profam                                            Enkel met piperonylbutoxide.
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         thallium sulfat                             trichlorfon
         Thalliumsulfat                              triclorfon
         thallium sulphate                           trichlorphon
         sulfate de thallium                         trichloorfon
         tallio solfato
         thallium sulfaat                            trichloronat
                                                     trichloronate
         thiometon                                   tricloronato
         thiometon                                   trichloronaat
         tiometon
                                                     tridemorph
         thiophanat                                  tridemorphe
         Thiophanat-athyl                            tridemorph
         thiophanate-ethyl                           tridemorf
         thiophanate-ethyl
          thiophanate                                triforin
         tiofanato                                   triforine
         thiofanaat-ethyl
                                                     vamidothion
          thiophanat-methyl                          vamidotion
          thiophanate-methyl
         thiophanate-methyl                          warfarin
          methylthiophanate                          warfarine
         tiofanato metile                             coumafene
          thiofanaat-methyl
                                                      zineb
          thiram                                      zin&be
          thirame
          tiram                                       zinkphosphid
                                                      zinc phosphide
          tri-allat                                   zinc (phosphure de
          Triallat                                    zinco (fosfuro di . .
          tri-allate                                  zinkfosfide
          triallate
          tri-allaat                                  ziram
                                                      zirame
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                                                               ANNEX 11
                                                                 MODEL
                           Application form for the EEC-acceptance of a plant protection product
                                                (hereinafter referred to as 'the product')
                                                                 Name of responsible authority:
                                                                  Date received:
                                                                 Ref. No
             N.B: If there is insufficient space under any heading, the particulars may be supplied in a
                   separate numbered document attached to the form. In such cases, a summary of the
                   particulars must be given under the heading in question on the form together with the
                   reference to the numbered document.
              1. (a) Name of applicant:
                 (b) Address and telephone number of per-
                      manent office in the Community:
              2. (a) Proprietary name of the product:
                 (b) Experimental designation:
              3. Name and address of manufacturer:
              4. Physical condition and nature of the product
                 (e.g. wettable powder, emulsifiable concen-
                 trate, granules etc. . . . . ) :
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         5. Detailed composition of the product:
             5.1
                                                                                             Equivalent content of
                          Names of all ingredients (')                Contents (*)            each active substance
                                                                                                  on pure basis
         (') Each ingredient must be indicated by its ISO common name or, if not available, by its chemical designation
              according to 1UPAC nomenclature and, in the case of an active substance, by its empirical and structural
             formula; in the case of an ingredient not chemically definable, it should be indicated by other appropriate
             characterization.
         H For products which are solids, aerosols, volatile liquids (b.p. ^ 50 °C), or viscous liquids (— 1 000 centipoises
             at 20 °'C), as a percentage by weight; for other liquids, as a percentage by weight and in g/1 at 20 °C; for
             gases, as a percentage by volume.
               5.2 Indicate any active substance not listed
                    in Annex I:
               5.3 For each distinct source of each tech-
                    nical active substance used in manu-
                    facture, its composition (i.e., purity in
                    percentage, nature and percentages of
                     impurities, isomers, secondary products):
           6. Chemical properties of each active sub-
                stance:
           7. Physical properties of
                7.1 each active substance:
                7.2 the product:
            8. Method(s) of analysis for the composition
                of the product
                8.1 Method(s) for qualitative and quantitive
                     determination of the active substance(s)
                     in the product:
                8.2 Other:
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               9. Application (x)
                  9.1 Mode of action:
                  9.2 Types of pest controlled and types of
                       crops protected or other purpose of
                       application:
                  9.3 Application rate(s):
                  9.4 Number and timing of applications:
                  9.5 Methods of application:
             10. Specific phytotoxicity, including necessary
                  waiting periods to avoid phytotoxic effects,
                  e.g., with soil fumigants, persistent herbi-
                  cides:
             11. Experimental data to demonstrate efficacy
                  of the product for the uses proposed and
                  under the conditions of use envisaged:
             12. Residues
                  12.1 Method(s) for residue analysis:
                  12.2 Proposed method for the official
                         control of residues in named edible
                         crops/animal products of each active
                        substance:
                  12.3 Residue data:
                  12.4 Proposed maximum permissable residue
                         of each active substance in named
                         edible crops/animal products:
                  12.5 Proposed safety interval(s), including
                        necessary waiting periods following
                         fumigation of edible crops:
            (*) The applicant must attach copies of each different label or draft label, including leaflets forming part of the
                label as provided for in Article IS paragraph 3.5, under which the product will be placed on the market within
                the Community.
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         13. Nature of packaging in which the product
               will be placed on the market and the size
               range of packages:
         14. Stability of the product in the packaging in
               which it will be placed on the market:
         15. Experimental data on toxicity in animals:
         16. Proposed classification          of   the    products
               according to risk (*):
         17. Medical data:
         18. Environment
               18.1 Information giving all the data permit-
                     ting an assessment to be made of the
                     foreseeable risks, whether immediate or
                     delayed, that the product may present
                     for the environment as a function, in
                     particular, of its toxicological charac-
                      teristics, biodegradability, potential for
                      bioaccumulation and volume of pro-
                     duction envisaged:
                18.2 Production envisaged:
         19. Has application for EEC-acceptance been
                made to another Member State?
         (') In accordance with the provisions of the Council Directive of                        on the approximation of the
             laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of pesticides
              (OJ                                  ).
         Place                                                                Signature
         Date
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                                                         ANNEX     III
                                         Standard phrases of nature of special risks
            1. Dangerous to livestock / game / wild birds / wild animals / wild flowers / bees / fish.
            2. Harmful to livestock / game / wild birds / wild animals / wild flowers / bees / fish.
            3. (Active substance) is one of the more persistent constituents of plant protection products and
                its repeated application may lead to the contamination of the environment with possible
                detrimental effects.
                                                         ANNEX     IV
                                               Standard phrases of safety advice
              1. Not to be used on any edible crop.
              2. May only be used on (named crops or foodstuffs).
              3. Not to be applied to (named crops or foodstuffs) at a rate in excess of (dosage rate in
                  terms of active substances) per application.
              4. Not more than (number) application(s) to be made on (crops or foodstuffs) per season.
              5. Not to be used later than (date).
              6. Allow at least (days/weeks) between (last) application and harvesting.
              7. Wear (state item or items) if handling (crop or crops) within (interval) of treatment.
              8. Post warning telling unprotected persons to keep out of treated areas for (state period).
              9. Keep all livestock out of treated areas for at least (interval).
            10. Keep all livestock away from treated water for at least (interval).
            11. Do not apply at flowering stage. Keep down flowering weeds.
            12. Do not contaminate ponds, waterways and ditches with product or used container.
            13. Keep tightly closed/in a cool place/locked up/out of reach of children/away from food-
                  stuffs/away from feedingstuffs/away from heat/away from flame.
            14. Neutralize waste material with                 /wash out container thoroughly/and dispose of
                  safely by          /burying.
            15. Empty container completely and burn.
             16. Dispose of rinsings from/container/equipment away from ponds, waterways, ditches and
                  wells.
             17. Do not enter/greenhouse/glasshouse/mushroom house/warehouse/ship's hold within (interval)
                  of treatment unless wearing/full protective clothing/respirator.