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If you use plant protection products for Aothers or Andere about 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.
As the farm manager, you must state your name and address or the name and address of your company. If several competent persons in your company are responsible for Ander plant protection products or act in an advisory capacity, you must state the names and addresses of all these persons. In addition, you must enclose proof of expertise in the use of plant protection products or advice on plant protection for all competent persons named in the notification.
You must inform the competent authority immediately of any changes to the group of persons and those that affect the company details as well as the closure of the company.
If you use plant protection products for Aothers or Andere about 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.
As the farm manager, you must state your name and address or the name and address of your company. If several competent persons in your company are responsible for Ander plant protection products or act in an advisory capacity, you must state the names and addresses of all these persons. In addition, you must enclose proof of expertise in the use of plant protection products or advice on plant protection for all competent persons named in the notification.
You must inform the competent authority immediately of any changes to the group of persons and those affecting the company details as well as the closure of the company.
Advising others on the use of plant protection products in the context of commercial activities or other economic enterprises is subject to a notification requirement. The place of business and the place(s) of activity may be located in different federal states. The notification must therefore be submitted separately to the relevant local authority before commencing the activity. The Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas (TLLLR) must be notified of activities in Thuringia that require notification.
The obligation to notify plant protection consultants applies, for example, to consultants in the industry, 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.
Advising others on the use of plant protection products in the context of commercial activities or other commercial undertakings may only be provided by qualified persons who have the necessary reliability and the required specialist knowledge and skills and who have demonstrated these to the authorities. Changes to the group of persons and those relating to 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 as a consultant within the meaning of Section 10 of the Plant Protection Act in Thuringia takes place.
Process flow
You can submit your notification in writing or electronically.
Once you have submitted the application and all documents are complete, the competent authority will check whether all requirements for notification in accordance with the Plant Protection Act have been met.
If all documents are complete, you have fulfilled your obligation to notify in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.
You may only commence your activities once you have fulfilled the obligation to notify in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.
You can submit your notification in writing or electronically.
Once you have submitted the application and all documents are complete, the competent authority will check whether all requirements for notification in accordance with the Plant Protection Act have been met.
If all documents are complete, you have fulfilled your obligation to notify in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.
You may only commence your activities once you have fulfilled the obligation to notify in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.
Upon receipt of the notification the Office will check that the information is complete and factually correct and that the requirements for registration for commercial advice on the use of plant protection products have been met. If there are any queries or additional requirements, you will be contacted. If all requirements and information are met, the official registration will take place. 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 discontinue the notifiable activity, it is sufficient to send an informal notification to the following e-mail address to deregister the commercial advice on the use of plant protection products, stating your registration number and the date on which the notifiable activity was discontinued.
Your details will be checked systematically and on an ad hoc basis as part of plant protection inspections.
Who should I contact?
Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas
Competent authority
Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas
Requirements
To ensure that you comply with your notification obligation under the Plant Protection Act in good time, you must:
- complete the relevant application form and send it to the competent authority before starting your activity.
- enclose with the application form proof of the required plant protection expertise of the persons in the company who use plant protection products for others or who advise on plant protection in accordance with the Plant Protection Act. Since 26.11.2015, only the new certificate of competence in check card format has been valid as a certificate of competence.
To ensure that you comply with your notification obligation under the Plant Protection Act in good time, you must:
- complete the relevant application form and send it to the competent authority before starting your activity.
- enclose with the application form proof of the required plant protection expertise of the persons in the company who use plant protection products for others or who advise on plant protection in accordance with the Plant Protection Act. Since 26.11.2015, only the new certificate of competence in check card format has been valid as a certificate of competence.
Prerequisite for advising others on the use of plant protection products in the context of commercial activities or other commercial undertakings is the possession of the certificate of competence in plant protection (card) for users/consultants. In addition, state-recognized training courses must be attended regularly. A consultant must therefore be knowledgeable and be able to provide customers with expert information on the use of plant protection products.
Which documents are required?
- Completed notification form
- Proof of the required plant protection expertise in accordance with the Plant Protection Act of the persons on the farm who apply plant protection products for others or who advise on the use of plant protection products.
- Completed notification form
- Proof of the required plant protection expertise in accordance with the Plant Protection Act of the persons on the farm who apply plant protection products for others or who advise on the use of plant protection products.
- truthfully and fully completed notification form including the private addresses of the persons providing advice
- a copy on both sides of the plant protection certificate of competence for application/advice (card) of all persons who provide advice in accordance with Section 10 PflSchG in Thuringia
What are the fees?
at least EUR 30
at least EUR 30
Initial notification EUR 15.00, change notification EUR 7.00
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Sou must make the notification before starting your activity.
If you do not comply with your obligation to notify or do not do so in good time, you are acting in violation of the regulations.
Sou must make the notification before starting your activity.
If you do not comply with your obligation to notify or do not do so in good time, you are acting in violation of the regulations.
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
1 week to 2 weeks
1 week to 2 weeks
Up to 2 weeks if the complete documents are available.
Legal basis
Applications / forms
- Appeal (may be excluded depending on state law)
- administrative court action
- Appeal (may be excluded depending on state law)
- administrative court action
You may lodge an objection to this administrative act with the Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas in Jena within one month of notification. The deadline is also met by timely receipt at a branch office of the State Office.
Appeal
Notification of advice given to others for commercial purposes or in the context of other commercial undertakings on the use of plant protection products
What else should I know?
If you do not comply with your duty of disclosure 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.
If you do not comply with your duty of disclosure 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: https://www.bvl.bund.de/DE/Arbeitsbereiche/04_Pflanzenschutzmittel/04_Anwender/psm_anwender_node.html
You can also find further information, e.g. on obtaining a certificate of competence in plant protection or on the necessary further training, on the following website:
https://www.isip.de/isip/servlet/isip-de/regionales/thueringen/pflanzenschutzrecht/sachkunde
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.
Comments
The data collected will be used exclusively in the sense of §§ 9 and 10 PflSchG and will not be passed on to third parties. They are subject to data protection.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
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
Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas,
Plant Protection and Seeds Department
Professionally released on
07.02.2024
07.02.2024
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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Competent Authority
Thüringer Landesamt für Landwirtschaft und Ländlichen Raum (TLLLR) - Referat 23 - Pflanzenschutz und Saatgut
Address
99090 Erfurt
Employees
Referatsbereich Pflanzenschutz
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