Website Map

This Website is divided into User Areas.

Main User Area

Use this area to access all the CRD (Agricultural, horticultural and garden pesticides) web content by subject.

Home Page (Home User area)

• A-Z Index
• Glossary of Terms
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Website Policies

About the Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD))

• Information about CRD
• Annual Reports and Accounts
• Annual Review
• Contacting Us

What are Pesticides?

• General Information on Pesticides

Approvals

• Legislation
• The EU Authorisation System
• Registration
• Enforcement
• Essential Uses
• Minor Uses
• Commodity Substances

European Union Issues

• Regulation of PPP products in Europe under 91/414/EEC
• Types of MRLs
• EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides
• Introduction to Classification and Labelling
• Detergents Work
• EPPO

Safe Use

• Leraps
• Home Garden Use of Pesticides
• Codes of Practice
• Training in the use of pesticides
• Product Labels
• How to avoid spray drift
• Mixing guidelines
• Resistance avoidance

Food Safety

• Maximum Residues Levels (MRLs)

Minimising Impacts

• National Pesticides Strategy
• EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides
• Minimising the use of pesticides
• Organic Pesticides
• Pesticides Usage Survey Group
• Pesticides Residues Monitoring
• Pesticides Incidents Appraisal Panel and their Incident Reports
• Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme

How are the Controls on Pesticides Enforced

• FAQ on 'Enforcement of Pesticides'
• Better Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement Strategy
• Enforcement Monitoring Programme

User Areas

Use these areas if you have a specific interest.

• Databases
• Applicant Advice
• Farmers and Growers
• Amenity Users
• Home Garden
• Food Industry
• Biopesticides
• Advisory Groups

As a lot of the information on this website is quite technical we also provide a Glossary of Terms.

If you need any further information or assistance you can email our WebTeam or contact our Information Services Team on +44 (0)1904 455775.