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Pest control professionally: notification to start activities for the first time or after an interruption of more than one year.
Service Description
Pest control for the destruction of pests shall be carried out in such a way that humans and the environment are not endangered.
Anyone who carries out pest control with substances and mixtures classified as acutely toxic category 1 to 4 or specifically target organ toxic category 1 or 2, as well as mixtures in which the named substances are released:
- is carried out professionally on others or
- not only occasionally and on a small scale in his own establishment where food is produced, handled or placed on the market, or
- wants to carry out in a facility named according to § 23 paragraph 5 or § 36 of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG) or
- wishes to resume its activities after an interruption of more than one year, must notify the competent authority, the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection (TLV), in writing before commencing its activities.
Process flow
The notification must be filed by the pest control company that intends to carry out pest control for the first time or after a break of more than one year.
Who should I contact?
Contact the locally responsible regional inspectorate of Department 6 Occupational Safety and Health of the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection.
Requirements
Vor carrying out pest control, you must provide evidence of sufficient staffing with the notification. This is present if suitable competent persons are employed.
A person is suitable if
- is at least 18 years old
- has the necessary reliability for handling pesticides, and
- proves his or her physical or mental suitability for handling pesticides by means of a certificate issued by a physician in accordance with Section 7 (Occupational Health Care Ordinance) (the certificate must not be older than five years).
A competent person is one who
- has passed the examination to become a pest controller or
- the examination for the recognized qualification "Certified Pest Controller" or
- has passed the examination to become an assistant pest controller or master pest controller in accordance with the law no longer in force in the old federal states or in accordance with the law of the former GDR
and
- regularly undergoes further training.
Anyone who has passed an examination or successfully completed training recognized by the competent authority (in Thuringia by the TMASGFF) as equivalent to the aforementioned examinations is also deemed to be competent.
If the intended pest control is limited to certain areas of application, anyone who has passed an examination or successfully completed training that has been recognized by the competent authority (in Thuringia by the TMASGFF) as suitable for these activities is also a competent person.
Which documents are required?
The notification must contain the following information in particular:
- proof that the company's personnel, premises and safety equipment are sufficiently suitable for this work,
- the number of employees handling the pest control agents
- for the pesticides intended for pest control, the name, properties, mechanisms of action, application procedures and decontamination procedures,
- the areas of intended pest control as well as target organisms against which the pest control is to be carried out, and
- the result of the prescribed substitution test.
What are the fees?
No fees are due for the notification of pest control measures. The recognition of the equivalence of expertise is subject to a fee.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
- Notification at least six weeks before commencement of the first activity,
- without delay in the event of changes to the information required in accordance with Paragraph 2 Nos. 1 to 5 of the GefStoffV.
Processing duration
Promptly after receipt of application
Legal basis
- Thuringian Ordinance on the Regulation of Responsibilities in the Field of Occupational Safety and Health (ThürASZustVO)
- § 8 Para. 8 in conjunction with Annex I No. 3 GefStoffV
- § Section 23 (5) and Section 36 Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Humans (Infection Protection Act - IfSG)
Appeal
Notification on the implementation of commercial pest control measures
What else should I know?
Since this is an area that is only regulated by national law, proof of comparable expertise from another member state of the European Community requires an equivalence examination of the expertise, which also includes knowledge of the relevant national legal regulations.
The Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family Affairs (TMASGFF) is responsible for the recognition of an equivalent examination or training and the recognition of a suitable examination or training.
For a pest control of vertebrates, a certificate of expertise according to the Animal Protection Act on the knowledge and skills necessary for killing vertebrates is also required.
Author
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Competent Authority
Thüringer Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz (TLV) - Regionalinspektion Ostthüringen
Address
07548 Gera
