News

22 February 2012: The purpose of this Regulatory Update is to remind applicants of CRD’s ecotoxicology risk assessment requirements for plant protection product applications containing more than one active substance (combined risk assessments for aquatic organisms, birds and mammals)

17 February 2012: Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 put in place new rules for the avoidance of duplicate testing and sharing of tests and studies involving vertebrate data. This Regulatory Update provides an update of CRD policy in this area

17 February 2012: This Regulatory Update announces the re-registration requirements following further Active Substance approval decisions under (EC) 1107/2009

9 February 2012: This Regulatory Update gives information about the non-approval of chloropicrin under (EC) No 1107/2009 and the withdrawal of UK authorised products containing this active substance

26 January 2012: Further to the earlier Information Update 01/2012, there are still a number of places remaining at CRD's Consumer Risk Assessment Training Day in York on Thurs 1st March. The workshop will be targeted at technical and regulatory staff involved in the production and submission of data to CRD

12 January 2012: This Regulatory Update announces the re-registration requirements following further Active Substance Approval decisions under (EC) 1107/2009

12 January: Cumbrian farmer fined for pesticide storage offences

11 January 2012: This Information Update provides information about the change of policy not to automatically issue new MAPP numbers at re-registration

06 January 2012: CRD will be holding two one-day workshops in York on Tuesday 13th and Thursday 15th March 2012 providing a general introduction to UK Registration Procedures for Plant Protection Products in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. The workshops will be targeted towards those new to pesticide regulation including small businesses

06 January 2012:CRD will be holding a one-day workshop on Consumer Risk Assessment in York on Thursday 1st March, 2012. The workshop will be targeted at technical and regulatory staff involved in the production and submission of data to CRD

22 December 2011: CRD will be holding a workshop on Official Recognition on Tuesday 6th March 2012 at our conference facilities in York. The workshop will start at 9:30 am and finish around 4:30 pm.

15 December 2011: This Regulatory Update provides advice on which guidance should be used for ecotoxicological risk assessments submitted to CRD under Regulation 1107/200

13 December 2011: Our web page concerning published Commission regulations under Regulation 396/2005 has been updated. The Multiannual monitoring programme for 2012-14 has been added

07 December 2011: CRD will be holding two identical one-day workshops on Operator, Bystander and Worker Exposure assessment. The workshops will be targeted at technical and regulatory staff involved in the production and submission of data to CRD. They will be held at The CRD in York on Tuesday 21st February and Thursday 23rd February 2012

02 February 2012: Our web page concerning proposals for MRLs (under discussion or pending publication)has been updated

01 November 2011 (AMENDED 18 November): CRD announces the implementation of an interim extension to the Local Environmental Risk Assessments (LERAP) scheme which enables plant protection products to be authorised with aquatic buffer zone distances greater than the current maximum distance of 5 metres

17 November 2011: This Regulatory Update introduces new labelling requirements on the method of application of herbicides authorised for use on non-porous hard surfaces to ensure that best practice is followed.

16 November 2011: This Regulatory Update gives revised arrangements for the review of EU Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs), advising approval holders on the part that they can play in the review programme.

08 November 2011: CRD will be holding two identical one-day workshops in York on Tuesday 7th and Thursday 9th February, 2012 which will provide an introduction and overview to key areas of ecotoxicological risk assessments

04 November 2011: Defra has issued an update to stakeholders on the work to transpose Directive 2009/128, which establishes a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides, into UK law. This update explains why the Government has decided not to conduct a second formal consultation, on a set of draft Regulations, as initially planned

We have published a new layout for the CRD Pesticides website

20 October 2011: We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a one day workshop on Official Recognition. The workshop will be held on Tuesday 6 December 2011, at our conference facilities in York. The workshop will start at 9:30 am and finish around 4:30 pm

13 October: This Regulatory Update provides information about the enforcement powers delegated to local authorities for the purposes of enforcing the Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011

13 October 2011: This Regulatory Update announces the non-formal consultation on the proposal to publish the name of the UK reference products for parallel trade plant protection products.This consultation will close on 25 November 2011

11 October 2011: This Regulatory Update provides information about the non approval of asulam and the products to be withdrawn from the market in the UK

6 October 2011. Regulatory Update detailing further Active Substance approvals and re-registration requirements

27 September 2011 - This Regulatory Update provides information about the new legislation affecting plant protection products, which came into effect on 24 September 2011

30 September 2011:This Regulatory Update announces the revision of the application forms for a number of application types. It also reminds applicants of the importance of explaining how the application is approached either by way of an application overview or detailed covering letter

13 September 2011: This Regulatory Update announces further changes we considered necessary to comply with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. An explanation and summary of the main changes to our revocation procedures are provided in this Update.

08 September 2011: A new form to notify intended zonal applications under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 has been agreed by the interzonal steering committee

08 June 2011: The final report for the 2011 study: "Determining the Usage and Usage Patterns of Amenity Pesticides Across the UK" is now available

1 September 2011: CRD will be holding a new one-day workshop on Technical Equivalence in York on 24 November 2011. The aim of the event will be to provide training and updated guidance via a series of presentations and practical sessions on the chemical and toxicological aspects of technical equivalence

25 August 2011: CRD will be holding a one-day workshop on Consumer Risk Assessment. The workshop will be targeted at technical and regulatory staff involved in the production and submission of data to CRD.The workshop will be held in York on Thursday 8 December, 2011.

23 August 2011: At Norwich Magistrates Court on 17 August 2011 Rodent Services East Anglia pleaded guilty to four offences of failing to use a pesticide in accordance with the conditions of the approval and not taking all reasonable precautions in breach of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 and The Control of Pesticides Regulations. They were fined a total of £3,350.

16 August 2011: This Regulatory Update give information on CRDs approach to the release of new FOCUS Groundwater modelling tools and guidance.

11 August 2011: A Regulatory Update detailing the re-registration requirements following further Annex I decisions.

8 August 2011: This Regulatory Update provides information on the authorisation of plant protection products on behalf of Northern Ireland.

21 July 2011: We are pleased to announce that we will be holding an additional one-day workshop in Mallard House, York, on Tuesday 1November, 2011 which will provide an introduction and detailed presentation on the key areas of the chemistry risk assessment for Biocides regulated under Directive 98/8/EC

14 July 2011: This Regulatory Update announces the Re-registration requirements following further Annex I Decisions (now known as Approvals) and gives details of various documents relating to other active substances which are now available.

06 July 2011: This Regulatory Update announces and explains the use of a new crop qualifier: ‘Permanent protection with full enclosure’, which may be specified by CRD on Authorisations of certain plant protection products used in protected crop situations, together with the inclusion (where required) of three ‘Other specific restrictions'

23 June 2011: Agendas and Summary Reports for the meetings of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health in 2011 can be found on this page

14 June 2011: This Regulatory Update gives information about the legal requirements of Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 relating to the content of authorisations which require the inclusion of a classification of the plant protection product

14 June 2011: This Regulatory Update gives information about the legal requirement under (EC) 1107/2009 to allow for commenting on all applications submitted after 14 June 2011, and how UK procedures will be amended to fulfil this requirement.

14 June 2011: The purpose of this Regulatory Update is to outline the new data protection and data sharing procedures which will apply from 14 June 2011 under Regulation (EC) 1107/2009

10 June 2011: CRD will be holding a one-day seminar in York on Thursday 22 September 2011 which will provide an overview of current and future issues relating to residue levels in food. The event will focus on Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) and the associated risk assessment and risk management aspects