Council Directive of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (91/414/EEC) (repealed) (c. 414)

[F1 ANNEX VI U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Directive 97/57/EC of 22 September 1997 establishing Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market.

[F2 PART I U.K. UNIFORM PRINCIPLES FOR EVALUATION AND AUTHORISATION OF CHEMICAL PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS]

C. DECISION-MAKING U.K.

2. Specific principles U.K.

2.7. Physical and chemical properties U.K.

2.7.1. Where an appropriate FAO specification exists, that specification must be met. U.K.

2.7.2. Where no appropriate FAO specification exists, the physical and chemical properties of the product must meet the following requirements U.K.

(a)

Chemical properties:

Throughout the shelf-life period, the difference between the stated and the actual content of the active substance in the plant protection product must not exceed the following values:

Declared content in g/kg or g/l at 20  o C	Tolerance
up to 25	± 15 % homogeneous formulation
	± 25 % non-homogeneous formulation
more than 25 up to 100	± 10 %
more than 100 up to 250	± 6 %
more than 250 up to 500	± 5 %
more than 500	± 25 g/kg or ± 25 g/l

(b)

Physical properties:

The plant protection product must fulfil the physical criteria (including storage stability) specified for the relevant formulation type in the ‘ Manual on the development and use of FAO specifications for plant protection products ’ .

2.7.3. Where the proposed label claims include requirements or recommendations for use of the preparation with other plant protection products or adjuvants as a tank mix and/or where the proposed label includes indications on the compatibility of the preparation with other plant protection products as a tank mix, those products or adjuvants must be physically and chemically compatible in the tank mix.] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Council Directive 2005/25/EC of 14 March 2005 amending Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC as regards plant protection products containing micro-organisms (Text with EEA relevance).