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Plant Protection Products Regulation In force since 14 June 2011

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
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Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter and purpose
• Article 2 — Scope
• Article 3 — Definitions

Chapter II ACTIVE SUBSTANCES, SAFENERS, SYNERGISTS AND CO-FORMULANTS

Section 1 Active substances

• Article 4 — Approval criteria for active substances
• Article 5 — First approval
• Article 6 — Conditions and restrictions
• Article 7 — Application
• Article 8 — Dossiers
• Article 9 — Admissibility of the application
• Article 10 — Access to the summary dossier
• Article 11 — Draft assessment report
• Article 12 — Conclusion by the Authority
• Article 13 — Approval Regulation
• Article 14 — Renewal of approval
• Article 15 — Application for renewal
• Article 16 — Access to the information for renewal
• Article 17 — Extension of approval period for the duration of the procedure
• Article 18 — Work programme
• Article 19 — Implementing measures
• Article 20 — Renewal Regulation
• Article 21 — Review of approval
• Article 22 — Low-risk active substances
• Article 23 — Approval criteria for basic substances
• Article 24 — Candidates for substitution

Section 2 Safeners and synergists

• Article 25 — Approval of safeners and synergists
• Article 26 — Safeners and synergists already on the market

Section 3 Unacceptable co-formulants

• Article 27 — Co-formulants

Chapter III PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS

Section 1 Authorisation

• Article 28 — Authorisation for placing on the market and use
• Article 29 — Requirements for the authorisation for placing on the market
• Article 30 — Provisional authorisations
• Article 31 — Contents of authorisations
• Article 32 — Duration
• Article 33 — Application for authorisation or amendment of an authorisation
• Article 34 — Exemption from the submission of studies
• Article 35 — Member State examining the application
• Article 36 — Examination for authorisation
• Article 37 — Period for examination
• Article 38 — Assessment of equivalence under point (b) of Article 29(1)
• Article 39 — Reporting and exchange of information on applications for authorisation
• Article 40 — Mutual recognition
• Article 41 — Authorisation
• Article 42 — Procedure
• Article 43 — Renewal of authorisation
• Article 44 — Withdrawal or amendment of an authorisation
• Article 45 — Withdrawal or amendment of an authorisation at the request of the authorisation holder
• Article 46 — Grace period
• Article 47 — Placing on the market of low-risk plant protection products
• Article 48 — Placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing a genetically modified organism
• Article 49 — Placing on the market of treated seeds
• Article 50 — Comparative assessment of plant protection products containing candidates for substitution
• Article 51 — Extension of authorisations for minor uses
• Article 52 — Parallel trade
• Article 53 — Emergency situations in plant protection
• Article 54 — Research and development

Section 2 Use and information

• Article 55 — Use of plant protection products
• Article 56 — Information on potentially harmful or unacceptable effects
• Article 57 — Obligation to keep information available

Chapter IV ADJUVANTS

• Article 58 — Placing on the market and use of adjuvants

Chapter V DATA PROTECTION AND DATA SHARING

• Article 59 — Data protection
• Article 60 — List of test and study reports
• Article 61 — General rules on avoidance of duplicative testing
• Article 62 — Sharing of tests and studies involving vertebrate animals

Chapter VI PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION

• Article 63 — Confidentiality

Chapter VII PACKAGING, LABELLING AND ADVERTISING OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS AND ADJUVANTS

• Article 64 — Packaging and presentation
• Article 65 — Labelling
• Article 66 — Advertising

Chapter VIII CONTROLS

• Article 67 — Record-keeping
• Article 68 — Monitoring and controls

Chapter IX EMERGENCIES

• Article 69 — Emergency measures
• Article 70 — Emergency measures in cases of extreme urgency
• Article 71 — Other emergency measures

Chapter X ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Article 72 — Penalties
• Article 73 — Civil and criminal liability
• Article 74 — Fees and charges
• Article 75 — Competent authority
• Article 76 — Expenditure by the Commission
• Article 77 — Guidance documents
• Article 78 — Amendments and implementing measures
• Article 79 — Committee procedure

Chapter XI TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 80 — Transitional measures
• Article 81 — Derogation for safeners and synergists, co-formulants and adjuvants
• Article 82 — Review clause
• Article 83 — Repeal
• Article 84 — Entry into force and application