Plant protection products; application for authorisation for additives
As a manufacturer, you must have new additives in plant protection products tested and approved by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.
Description
Additives in crop protection products enhance their pesticidal effect, for example. They are also used, for example, in tank mixtures with crop protection products to improve the wetting or adhesion of crop protection products or to reduce foaming.
Additives must not have any harmful effects, in particular on human and animal health, groundwater and the natural balance.
If you, as a manufacturer or distributor of plant protection products, want to use and market a new additive, you must therefore have it tested and approved by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) beforehand.
The BVL makes the decision in cooperation with the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, the Federal Environment Agency and the Julius Kühn Institute.
The approval is granted for a period of 10 years. The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety publicly announces the approval of additives and the revocation of approvals in the Federal Gazette or in the Federal Gazette online.
Prerequisites
Additives must not have any harmful effects, in particular on human and animal health, groundwater and the natural balance.
Procedure
You must submit an application to the BVL. Proceed as follows:
- Open the BVL website and download the "Application for the authorisation of an additive according to § 42 PflSchG". Please note 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
Deadlines
You do not have to meet any deadlines for approval.
Approval is granted for a period of 10 years.
Processing time
As a rule, it takes 4 months until you receive a notice of approval from the BVL.
Remedy
- Appeal
Detailed information on how to file an appeal can be found in the decision on your application. - Administrative court action
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Status:03.09.2022
Responsible for editing:Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
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