Division 2.2.2.3 Member States shall evaluate the physical and chemical properties of the plant protection product and the retention of these characteristics after storage and take into consideration:

where a suitable Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) specification exists, the physical and chemical properties addressed in that specification,

where no suitable FAO specification exists, all relevant physical and chemical properties for the formulation referred to in the Manual on the development and use of FAO and World Health Organisation (WHO) specifications for pesticides.