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Notification for the application of pesticides in community facilities.
Service Description
Pesticides for the destruction of pests must be applied in such a way that people in community facilities and the environment are not endangered.
The application of pesticides in community facilities, in particular schools, day care centers and hospitals, must therefore be notified in writing or electronically to the competent authority, the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection (TLV), usually 14 days before the start of this activity, stating the extent, application, use of the agent, application method and the intended protective measures in accordance with Annex 3.6 of the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (GefStoffV).
Community facilities are
- public and private schools providing general and vocational education
- school dormitories, infant homes, children's homes, kindergartens, day care centers, apprentice homes, youth hostels, vacation camps and similar facilities
- hospitals, maternity homes, convalescent homes, homes for the elderly, residential homes for the elderly and nursing homes, other institutions for home-like accommodation and mass accommodations
- other communal facilities, such as canteens, swimming pools and museums.
Process flow
The report must be filed by the pest control company performing the pest control.
Who should I contact?
Contact the locally responsible regional inspectorate of Department 6 Occupational Health and Safety of the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection (TLV) .
Requirements
Before carrying out pest control, you must prove that you have sufficient personnel and safety equipment, unless you have already submitted a valid notification to the TLV in accordance with Number 3.4 Paragraph 1 GefStoffV.
The personnel equipment is present if suitable competent persons are employed.
Suitable persons are those who
- 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 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, or
- has demonstrably acquired comparable expertise in a Member State of the European Communities, and
- regularly undergoes further training.
A person who has passed an examination or successfully completed a course of training recognized by the competent authority as equivalent to the aforementioned examinations is also deemed to have expert knowledge.
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 as suitable for these activities is also competent.
Which documents are required?
In particular, the notification must contain the following information:
- Address of the community facility
- Client (if different from point 1.)
- Affected buildings/parts, rooms or areas
- planned date or period of time
- target organisms
- the name of the pesticides intended for pest control (trade name of the active substance(s), the respective application concentration and classification according to GefStoffV)
- application method
- special protective measures (e.g. removal of foodstuffs, if necessary, affixing of information signs, etc.)
- intended cleaning procedure
What are the fees?
No fees are due for notification of pest control activities in community facilities.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Notification at least 14days before starting the activity
Processing duration
Promptly after receipt of application
Legal basis
Appeal
Notification of intended use of pesticides in community facilities.
What else should I know?
Notifications should be made to the appropriate TLV regional inspectorates within the designated local jurisdiction. They can assist you with any questions that may arise regarding the application. Specific contact persons can be obtained from the telephone numbers shown.
In the case of an electronic notification, the TLV can also request multiple copies and the transmission of the documents to be attached to the notification in written form.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
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Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection
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