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Service Description

If you wish to apply plant protection products for others or advise others on plant protection, you must notify the competent authority before commencing your activities.

If your place of business or the areas that you treat or the place where you provide advice are located in another federal state, you must also make a corresponding notification there.

The obligation to notify plant protection advisors applies, for example, to industry advisors, employees of consulting companies and consulting rings. What is not meant here is the fulfillment of the obligation to provide information in the context of sales talks on the sale of plant protection products.

The obligation to notify the use of plant protection products for others applies, for example, to agricultural contractors, but also to service providers in the horticultural sector (home garden or indoor greenery care, janitor service).

The notifiable activities may only be carried out by qualified persons who possess the necessary reliability as well as the required specialist knowledge and skills and have demonstrated these to the authorities. Changes to the group of persons and those affecting the operating details as well as the termination of the notifiable activity must also be reported immediately.

If all requirements and information are met, the official registration for consulting and/or application as a service provider is carried out.

Process flow

You can submit your notification in writing or electronically.

Once the notification has been received, the office will check that the information is complete and factually correct and that the requirements for registration have been met. If all requirements and information are met, the official registration will be carried out. You will receive notification of this. This will assign you a registration number which must be quoted for future change notifications. The notification will also list the registered areas of activity and all registered persons by name. As this is a public service subject to a fee, you will also receive a notification of costs.

If you cease the notifiable activity, it is sufficient to send an informal notification of deregistration by e-mail, stating your registration number and the date on which the notifiable activity ceased.

Who should I contact?

Please contact the Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas, Department 23 - Plant Protection and Seeds.

Requirements

A mandatory requirement for the use of plant protection products for others is the possession of a certificate of competence in plant protection (card) for users/advisors. In addition, state-recognized training courses must be attended regularly. A user of plant protection products or consultant in the field of plant protection must therefore be knowledgeable.

Which documents are required?

  • truthfully and completely filled out notification form, including the private addresses of the applicators/advisors
  • a copy on both sides of the plant protection certificate of competence for application/advice (card) of all persons who provide application/advice in Thuringia

What are the fees?

Fee: 20,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Erstregistrierung eines Tätigkeitsbereichs

Fee: 17,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

The initial notification must be made before commencement of the activity. Changes to the legally required information must be reported immediately and on an ongoing basis.

If additional information or documents are required as part of your notification, deadlines may also be set for this.

Processing duration

Processing Time: 0 - 2 Weeks
Bei Vorliegen der vollständigen Unterlagen

Legal basis

Applications / forms

You may lodge an objection to this administrative act with the Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas, Jena, within one month of notification. The deadline is also met by timely receipt at a branch office of the State Office.

Appeal

What else should I know?

Persons who use plant protection products for others or provide commercial advice on plant protection are checked for compliance with plant protection legislation.

Comments

The data collected will be used exclusively in accordance with §§ 9 and 10 PflSchG and will not be passed on to third parties. They are subject to data protection.

Further Information

If you do not comply with your duty of notification or do not do so in good time, you are acting in breach of the regulations.

According to the Plant Protection Act, persons who have a certificate of competence in plant protection are obliged to take part in a recognized training course at least once within a three-year period.

Companies that provide commercial advice on the use of plant protection products are inspected for compliance with plant protection legislation. The websites of the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) offer you an up-to-date overview of the contents of the plant protection control program, approved plant protection products and everything that needs to be observed when using plant protection products.

You can also find further information, e.g. on obtaining the plant protection certificate of competence or on the required training courses, on the isip website.

If you, as a legally obliged person, do not comply with your notification or do not do so in good time, this is an administrative offense.

Author

Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas,
Plant Protection and Seeds Department

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas,
Plant Protection and Seeds Department

Professionally released on

01.09.2025

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

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