Registration of PPP
Pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter III of Plant Protection Law, it is permitted to distribute or make use of registered plant protection products.
Scientific Research and trials and experiments aimed at improvement of plant protection products, pertaining to distribution and use in the environment of unregistered plant protection products is subject to permit from Plant Protection Service for conducting of such trials and research. The said plant protection products may be used under controlled circumstances in limited quantities and limited areas.
If the prevalence of particular harmful organism imminently endangers cultivated crops and the control of this harmful organism with the help of plant protection products included in the register or other plant protection measures is not possible, State Plant Protection Service, in accordance with regulatory enactments on registration of plant protection products may, up to the period of 120 days, issue permit of restricted distribution and application (under controlled circumstances) of plant protection products non-compliant with provisions of registration.
The registration procedure of plant protection products (see chart below) is laid down in Cabinet Regulations No.156 ”Registration Procedure of Registration of Plant Protection Products” and Cabinet Regulations No. 568 “Registration Procedure of Live Organisms”.
State Plant Protection Service includes plant protection products in the list for the period of 10 years. To provide for the possibility of progressive assessment of the new active substances and speed up the availability of new plant protection products containing active substances to the users, State Plant Protection Service, in accordance with the procedure provided for in regulatory enactments on registration of plant protection products, may include a plant protection product in the list for the period of 3 years.
In order to include the plant protection product in the register, the applicant submits to the Plant Protection Service:
- Registration application in respect of the plant protection product;
- Research, trial and testing reports provided for in Annexes II and III of Directive 91/414/EEC or reports provided for in only one of the above Annexes (II or III Annex) accompanied by data on identity of the active substance or plant protection products and specification in accordance with paragraph 1 of Annex II or paragraph 1 of Annex III of Directive 91/414/EEC, if the plant protection product contains active substance, included in the List of Active Substances Registered in the European Union, the applicant, in accordance with provisions of Chapter XIV makes use of research carried out by another registration applicant or the registration applicant has already submitted information on the active substance concerned in connection with listing in the register of another plant protection product;
- Effectivity control trial results obtained in Latvia. The said trails are carried out by performer of trials certified by State Plant Protection Service (Cabinet Regulations No..909 “The Procedure of Issuing Certificates in Respect of Conducting Effectivity Control Trails of Plant Protection Products”);
- The draft text of the label in conformity with Cabinet Regulations No.1064 “Classification, Labelling and Packaging Procedure of Plant Protection Products”;
- List of trials and experiments, etc. Documents in accordance with Cabinet Regulations No. 156”Registration Procedure of Plant Protection Products” and No. 568 “Registration Procedure of Live Organisms”.
Listing of plant protection product in the register is certified by registration certificate issued by State Plant Protection Service. After the validity deadline of the registration certificate has expired, the respective plant protection product may be re-included in the register at the request of the holder of registration certificate.
The registration, re-registration, extension of the application scope, introduction of changes in the documentation of the registered plant protection products are paid services delivered by State Plant Protection Service in accordance with Order No.16 of MOA from January 16, 2002.
Registration Commission of Plant Protection Products
As evident from the registration procedure of plant protection products, the Registration Commission is part of the procedure which prepares a proposal for decision to include the plant protection products in the register and the recommendations on the maximally admissible level of pesticide residues in products of plant and animal origin associated with application of plant protection products.
The Registration Commission consists of 5 members: two members of State Plant Protection Service, one representative of environmental sciences, one representative of medical sciences, one representative of biological sciences and two representatives of agricultural sciences. The Commission is chaired by representative from Plant Protection Service.
- The staff of the Commission is approved by Minister of Agriculture.
- Registration Commission Meetings are convened by Chairperson of the Commission.
- Registration Commission has power of decision, if not less than five members are present at the meeting.
- Registration Commission may request from Service:
- Additional information required;
- Analysis of separate data;
- Advice of relevant expert
Plant Protection Department
Inese Margeviča
Director of Plant Protection Department