Our European work covers a wide range of activities:
The EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides includes:
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 to regulate plant protection products in Europe
CRD is the UK Competent Authority in the European Union (EU) process for the registration of new active substances, renewal of existing approved active substances and regulation of plant protection products to ensure their safety and effectiveness.
More about regulation of plant protection products in Europe ....
Directive 2009/128/EC to regulate the sustainable use of pesticides in Europe
The laws relating to the use of pesticides are transposed in the UK by the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012. Previous UK legislation governing the use of pesticides has been revoked.
More about the sustainable use of pesticides...
Statistics Regulation 1185/2009/EC concerning statistics on pesticide
More about statistics on pesticides...
Machinery Directive amendment (to enable certification of new spray equipment) 2009/127/EC
More about the Machinery Directive...
Further information on the EU strategy for Pesticides....
Other European Pesticide Legislation and Guideline work includes:
Setting maximum residue levels (MRLs)
CRD works within the EU process for setting MRLs for pesticides to support trade to, and within, EU Member States.
More about setting MRLs
Classification and labelling of plant protection products
CRD ensures that plant protection products are classified and labelled in accordance with harmonised EU rules to support their safe use, storage and transport.
More about classification and labelling
CRD work in the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO)
Our work in the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) which sets standards and provides guidelines in the areas of efficacy, pesticide resistance and good plant protection practice.
More about our work in EPPO
Other Areas of European Legislation covered by CRD
Biocides (Information on main HSE website)
CRD is now the regulatory authority for biocides in the UK (The Chemicals Assessment Schemes Unit (CASU) of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) joined the former PSD to form this organisation) . The Biocides webpages on the main HSE website contain information on European and national work on Biocides.
The Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) (information on main HSE website)
CRD is the UK competent authority (working closely with the Environment Agency) for the control of 'general' chemicals in the European marketplace. The REACH webpages on the main HSE website contain information on this European work.
CRD Work on detergents
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CRD is the Competent Authority in the UK for detergents.
More about our work on detergents
Areas of European work that are outside CRD's responsibility
Work on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for UK policy on POPs, with advice from CRD where pesticides are involved.
Further Information on POPs
Other Useful Links
European Food Safety Authority
European Commission pesticide information
Other European & International Organisations
