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The French Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry has published in an official note the list of biocontrol plant protection products in accordance with articles L.253-5 and L.253-7 of the Rural Code. This list will be updated whenever necessary, biannually at least.
Products from this list are exempted from the following bans and obligations which generally concern all the plant protection products mentioned in article L.253-1:
– Ban on commercial advertising,
– Obligation to implement actions in order to decrease the use of pesticides, within the framework of the implementation of plant protection products saving certificates (‘CEPP’),
– Ban on the use in amenity areas, forests, public roads, and walking paths accessible or opened to the public from 1st January 2017,
– Ban on direct sales in self-service to amateurs from 1st January 2017,
– Ban on placing on the market, delivery, use and holding for amateur use from 1st January 2019.
Moreover, the products quoted in this list will benefit from a reduced tax rate of sales revenues. This tax aims to fund the establishment of the monitoring system called ‘phytopharmacovigilance’ (PPV).
The present note thus repeals Notes DGAL/SDQPV/2016-279 from 31/03/2016, DGAL/SDQPV/2016-427 from 25/05/2016 and DGAL/SDQPV/2016-447 from 30/05/2016.
Products quoted in this list must respect three types of criteria as regards their regulatory status, the nature of their active substance(s) and their human and environmental safety:
– the products must have a French approval
(to be noted: the products authorised for max. 120 days for emergency reasons (article 53 of Regulation (EC) No.1107/2009) are excluded from the list)
– the active substances must be micro-organisms, chemical mediators or natural substances from animal, vegetal or mineral origin
A natural substance means a substance naturally present and identified as it is in the environment. This substance is either extracted from the natural material source or obtained by chemical synthesis provided it is strictly identical to the corresponding natural substance. Substances generated by prokaryotes, unicellular eukaryotes or fungi belong to the category of natural substances.
– the products must not be classified as regards their acute toxicity (categories 1, 2 and 3), their mutagenic, carcinogenic or reprotoxic properties or their specific target organ toxicity. They must not be classified as skin or respiratory sensitisers (except for pheromones release via a dispenser for skin sensitisers).
– the products must not be classified as regards their acute or chronic toxicity (category 1) to the aquatic environment, except if there is no risk of transfer to the environment or if this risk is negligible.
In addition, insecticide products with a large spectrum of action that are authorised for at least one major use, are excluded from the list because of their non-selective effect.
To download: Note DGAL/SDQSPV/2016-853 du 03 Novembre 2016 (in French)
See our previous articles:
FRANCE: List of biocontrol products benefiting from a reduced tax on sales
FRANCE: New entries into the list of biocontrol products benefiting from a reduced tax on sales
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