For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:
‘plant protection products’
active substances and preparations containing one or more active substances, put up in the form in which they are supplied to the user, intended to:
protect plants or plant products against all harmful organisms or prevent the action of such organisms, in so far as such substances or preparations are not otherwise defined below;
influence the life processes of plants, other than as a nutrient, (e.g. growth regulators);
preserve plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to special Council of Commission provisions on preservatives;
destroy undesired plants; or
destroy parts of plants, check or prevent undesired growth of plants;
‘residues of plant protection products’
one or more substances present in or on plants or products of plant origin, edible animal products or elsewhere in the environment and resulting from the use of a plant protection product, including their metabolites and products resulting from their degradation or reaction;
‘substances’
chemical elements and their compounds, as they occur naturally or by manufacture, including any impurity inevitable resulting from the manufacturing process;
‘active substances’
substances or micro-organisms including viruses, having general or specific action:
against harmful organisms; or
on plants, parts of plants or plant products;
‘preparations’
mixtures or solutions composed of two or more substances of which at least one is an active substance, intended for use as plant protection products;
‘plants’
live plants and live parts of plants, including fresh fruit and seeds;
‘plant products’
products in the unprocessed state or having undergone only simple preparation such as milling, drying or pressing, derived from plants, but excluding plants themselves as defined in point 6;
‘harmful organisms’
pests of plants or plant products belonging to the animal or plant kingdom, and also viruses, bacteria and mycoplasmas and other pathogens;
‘animals’
animals belonging to species normally fed and kept or consumed by man;
‘placing on the market’
any supply, whether in return for payment or free of charge, other than for storage followed by consignment from the territory of the Community or disposal. Importation of a plant protection product into the territory of the Community shall be deemed to constitute placing on the market for the purposes of this Directive;
‘authorization of a plant protection product’
administrative act by which the competent authority of a Member State authorizes, following an application submitted by an applicant, the placing on the market of a plant protection product in its territory or in a part thereof;
‘environment’
water, air, land, wild species of fauna and flora, and any interrelationship between them, as well as any relationship with living organisms;
‘integrated control’
the rational application of a combination of biological, biotechnological, chemical, cultural or plant-breeding measures whereby the use of chemical plant protection products is limited to the strict minimum necessary to maintain the pest population at levels below those causing economically unacceptable damage or loss.