CHAPTER IIIPLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS

SECTION 1Authorisation

Subsection 1Requirements and contents

Article 28Authorisation for placing on the market and use

1

A plant protection product shall not be placed on the market or used unless it has been authorised in the Member State concerned in accordance with this Regulation.

2

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, no authorisation shall be required in the following cases:

a

use of products containing exclusively one or more basic substances;

b

placing on the market and use of plant protection products for research or development purposes in accordance with Article 54;

c

production, storage or movement of a plant protection product intended for use in another Member State, provided that the product is authorised in that Member State and that the Member State of production, storage or movement has put in place inspection requirements to ensure that the plant protection product is not used in its territory;

d

production, storage or movement of a plant protection product intended for use in a third country provided that the Member State of production, storage or movement has put in place inspection requirements to ensure that the plant protection product is exported from its territory;

e

placing on the market and use of plant protection products for which a parallel trade permit has been granted in accordance with Article 52.