Council Directive of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (91/414/EEC) (repealed) (c. 414)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 II U.K. UNIFORM PRINCIPLES FOR EVALUATION AND AUTHORISATION OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS CONTAINING MICRO-ORGANISMS

B. EVALUATION U.K.

2. Specific principles U.K.

2.7. Fate and behaviour in the environment U.K.

2.7.4. Member States shall evaluate the possibility of exposure of organisms in the terrestrial compartment to the plant protection product under the proposed conditions of use; if this possibility exists they shall evaluate the risks arising for the terrestrial compartment. A micro-organism may give rise to risks because of its potential through multiplication to establish itself in the environment and can therefore have a long-lasting or permanent impact on microbial communities or their predators. U.K.

This evaluation will take into consideration the following information:

(a)

the biological properties of the micro-organism,

(b)

the survival of the micro-organism in the environment,

(c)

its ecological niche,

(d)

the natural background level of the micro-organism, where it is indigenous,

(e)

information on fate and behaviour in the various parts of the environment,

(f)

where relevant, other authorised uses of plant protection products in the area of envisaged use, e.g. containing the same active substance or which gives rise to the same residues.] ]

Textual Amendments

F2 Inserted 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).