Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Regulation 19

SCHEDULE 3 LABELLING REQUIREMENTS

1.  The packaging containing the plant protection product shall be marked clearly and indelibly with the following information –

(a) the trade name or designation of the plant protection product;

(b) the name and address of the holder of the relevant approval and the approval number of the plant protection product and, if different, the name and address of the person responsible for the final packaging and labelling or for the final labelling of the plant protection product on the market;

(c) the name and the amount of each active substance; the name must be –

(i) the same as that listed in Annex I to Council Directive 67/548/EEC, if any;

(ii) the common name given by the International Organisation for Standardization, if any; or

(iii) its chemical designation according to the rules of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry contained in the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, 1979 edition(1) as read with A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds (recommendations 1993)(2);

(d) the net quantity of plant protection product given in legal units of measurement;

(e) the formulation batch number or some means of identifying it;

(f) the particulars required for the product in Articles 10 to 12 of Council Directive 1999/45/EC;

(g) the nature of any special risks for humans, animals or the environment, by means of standard phrases selected as appropriate from those given in Annex IV;

(h) safety precautions for the protection of humans, animals or the environment, in the form of standard phrases selected as appropriate from those given in Annex V;

(i) the type of action of the plant protection product;

(j) the type of preparation;

(k) the uses for which the plant protection product has been approved and any specific agricultural, plant health and environmental conditions under which the product may be used or should not be used;

(l) directions for use and the dose rate, expressed in metric units, for each use provided for under the terms of the approval;

(m) where necessary, the safety interval for each use between application and –

(i) sowing or planting of the crop to be protected;

(ii) sowing or planting of succeeding crops;

(iii) access by humans or animals;

(iv) harvesting; and

(v) use or consumption;

(n) particulars of possible phytotoxicity, varietal susceptibility and any other direct or indirect adverse side effects on plants or products of plant origin together with the intervals to be observed between application and sowing or planting of –

(i) the crop in question; or

(ii) subsequent crops;

(o) if accompanied by a leaflet, as provided for in paragraph 2, the sentence “Read accompanying instructions before use”;

(p) directions for safe disposal of the plant protection product and of the packaging;

(q) the expiry date relevant to normal conditions of storage where the shelf life of the product is limited to less than two years;

(r) whether or not the product is restricted to a certain category of user.

2.  The requirements specified in paragraphs (l), (m) and (n) of paragraph 1 may be indicated on a separate leaflet accompanying the package if the space available on the package is too small and in such a case the leaflet shall be regarded as part of the label for the purposes of these Regulations.

3.  The label of the packaging of a plant protection product shall not bear the indications “non-toxic”, “harmless” or similar indications.

4.  Information to the effect that the plant protection product may be used when bees or other non-target species are active, or when crops or weeds are in flower, or other such phrases to protect bees or other non-target species, may be given on the label if the approval relates explicitly to use during the season for bees or other specified organisms and presents minimal risk to them.

5.  Labels shall be in English.

6.  At any time the Department may require additional phrases to be clearly and indelibly marked on packaging where this is deemed by it to be necessary for the protection of human beings, animals or the environment and where it makes such a requirement it shall do so in writing by notice served on persons holding approvals for the plant protection products concerned.

7.  The Department may require any of the persons referred to in paragraph 1(b) at any time to provide it with samples, models or drafts of the packaging, labelling and leaflets referred to in this Schedule.

(1)

By J Rigaudy and S P Klesney, published by Pergamon (ISBN 0-08022-3699)

(2)

By R Panico, W H Powell and J-C Richer, published by Blackwell Science (ISBN 0-63203-4882). Corrections published in Pure Appl.Chem., vol. 71, No. 7, pp. 1327-1330, 1999