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EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides: News
12 December 2008: PSD has revised it's impact assessment to take account of the Common Position and the Parliament's ENVI Committee's 2nd reading amendments, concerning 'cut-off' criteria and substitution provisions, which will affect the availability of active substances. The agronomic impact assessment is now included in the revised impact assessment.
Latest Regulatory and Information Updates
- Arrangements for products containing voluntarily withdrawn active substances: December 2008
11 December 2008: This Regulatory Update expands upon the arrangements detailed in Regulatory Update 26/2008 for products containing active substances which have been voluntarily withdrawn by companies. - Re-registration requirements following further Annex I Inclusion Decisions: October 2008
02 December 2008: This Update announces the Re-registration requirements following further Annex I Inclusion Decisions in October 2008 and gives details of various documents relating to other active substances which are now available. - Regulatory Update - Products to be withdrawn from the market containing bromuconazole
27 November 2008: This Regulatory Update provides information on the revocation/withdrawal of professional pesticide products containing bromuconazole following the Commission Decision not to include this active substance in Annex I of Council Directive 91/414/EEC. - Regulatory Update Products to be withdrawn from the market containing buprofezin
27 November 2008: This Regulatory Update provides information on the revocation/withdrawal of professional pesticide products containing buprofezin following the Commission Decision not to include this active substance in Annex I of Council Directive 91/414/EEC. - Seminar on the Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides (SERAP) 2009 – Thursday 26th March, 2009
27 November 2008: This Information Update announces that there will be a Seminar on the Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides ( SERAP) 2009 – Thursday 26 March, 2009 - Exchange of information with other Member States
25 November 2008: This Information Update describes the process we use to alert other Member States to our assessments. - Maximum Residue Levels and Food Additives, Safeners and Synergists
20 November 2008: This Information Update provides information on whether food additives, safeners and synergists are subject to Maximum Residue Levels under EC Regulation 396/2005. - Regulatory Update - Products to be withdrawn from the market containing dichlobenil, methyl bromide and propachlor
6 November 2008: This Regulatory Update provides information on the revocation/withdrawal of amateur and professional pesticide products containing dichlobenil, methyl bromide and propachlor, following the Commission Decisions not to include these active substances in Annex 1 of Council Directive 91/414/EEC. - Unlawful Pesticide Products in the UK Market Containing Trifluralin
30 October 2008: It has come to PSD’s attention that herbicide products containing the active substance trifluralin have been unlawfully offered for sale and supply in the UK. - Supplying Compost and Pesticide Mixtures
21 October 2008: Suppliers of pesticide and of compost should make sure they are acting within the law. If you are mixing pesticides with compost before sale, you may be breaching regulations about pesticide approvals.
Other PSD news
- Pesticide Poisoning of Animals Report 2007
16 December 2008: the Pesticide Poisoning of Animals Report 2007 is now available - 2008 WIIS Quarterly Reports
20 November 2008: The Pesticides Poisoning of Animals report Quarter 2 2008 - covering April to June is available now. - Published Resources for Amateur Pesticide Users
30 September 2008: Postcards, postcard display holders and laminated posters, giving information about how to use, store and dispose of garden pesticides safely, are available free of charge from PSD. - IRAG guidelines
26 August 2008: Two IRAG guidelines have been issued - Human Health Enquiry/Incident Survey for Pesticides (HHEIS) 2007
12 August 2008: This is an amendment to Regulatory Update 11/2008 which was issued on 8 May 2008 and requires Approval Holders of all products approved in the UK during 2007 to provide PSD with details of human health related reports involving their products, received from any source, during that year. - EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides: News
12 December 2008: PSD has revised it's impact assessment to take account of the Common Position and the Parliament's ENVI Committee's 2nd reading amendments, concerning 'cut-off' criteria and substitution provisions, which will affect the availability of active substances. The agronomic impact assessment is now included in the revised impact assessment.
