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Have additives in plant protection products approved
Service Description
Additives in crop protection products enhance their pesticidal effect, for example. They are also used in tank mixtures with pesticides, for example, to improve the wetting or adhesion of pesticides or to reduce foaming.
Additives must not have any harmful effects, in particular on human and animal health, groundwater or the ecosystem.
If you, as a manufacturer or distributor of plant protection products, wish to use and market a new additive, you must therefore have it tested and approved in advance by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).
The BVL makes the decision in cooperation with the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, the Federal Environment Agency and the Julius Kühn Institute.
Approval is granted for a period of 10 years. The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety publishes the approval of additives and the revocation of approvals in the Federal Gazette or online in the Federal Gazette.
Process flow
You must submit an application to the BVL. Proceed as follows:
- Open the BVL website and download the "Application for approval of an additive according to § 42 PflSchG". Please follow the instructions for completing the application form.
- Complete the application on the computer, print it out, sign it and send it to the BVL by post or e-mail.
- The BVL will check your application.
- You will receive an approval or rejection by post
Requirements
Additives must not have any harmful effects, in particular on human and animal health, groundwater and the ecosystem.
Which documents are required?
You must submit the following documents:
- Formulation of the additive (Annex 1)
- Intended use, intended area of application and intended crops, application rate (Annex 2)
- Safety data sheets of the co-formulants used
- Safety data sheets of the additive
- Draft instructions for use
- Any further studies required, for example for use with insecticides, toxicological studies cited in the safety data sheet of the additive.
What are the fees?
The permit will cost you between EUR 1,500 and EUR 6,200.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You do not have to meet any deadlines for approval.
Approval is granted for a period of 10 years.
Processing duration
It usually takes 4 months until you receive a notice of approval from the BVL.
Applications / forms
- Appeal.
- Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification of your application.
- Administrative court action
Appeal
- Forms: yes
- Online procedure possible: no
- Written form required: yes
- Personal appearance required: no
Further Information
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Authorization of an additive Issuance
Remark: Display of performance in the source portal
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Professionally released on
20.10.2021
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
Competent Authority
Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL) - Abteilung 2 - Pflanzenschutzmittel
Address
38116 Braunschweig
