Plant Protection Products Regulations (PPPR)
PPPR implements the Council Directive of 1 July 1991 in the UK, concerning the placing of Plant Protection Products on the Market (91/414/EEC). This aims to harmonise the registration of plant protection products throughout the European Community. It is based upon a two-tier registration system with active ingredients being assessed at Community level for inclusion on a 'positive list' and products subsequently being registered by Member States. The Directive includes a provision for mutual recognition of regulatory decisions whereby a second Member State does not need to request any supporting data in order to register a product already registered in another Member State, provided that agronomic, climatic and environmental factors are similar and the active ingredient has been included on the positive list. Control of Pesticides Regulations (COPR) will continue until all existing EC active ingredients are reviewed and placed on Annex I (positive list). PPPR will apply to new active ingredients coming onto the UK market and existing EC reviewed active ingredients that obtain Annex I listing.
Under Directive 91/414/EEC, We are responsible for plant protection products. These are defined as active substances or preparations containing one or more active substances, put up in the form in which it is supplied to the user intending to:
- protect plants or plant products against all harmful organisms or prevent the action of such organisms (for example agricultural/horticultural fungicides and insecticides)
- influence the life processes of plants, other than as a nutrient (for example as a growth regulator)
- preserve plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to provisions of Community law on preservatives
- destroy undesired plants or destroy parts of plants or check or prevent the undesired growth of plants (for example herbicides)