Division 2.4 Efficacy

United Kingdom

1. 2.4.1Division 2.4.1
2. 2.4.2Division 2.4.2
3. 2.4.3Member States shall evaluate the efficacy data provided for in Annex IIIB on the plant protection product having regard to the degree of control or the extent of the effect desired and having regard to relevant experimental conditions such as:
4. 2.4.4Member States shall evaluate the performance of the plant protection product under the range of agricultural, plant health and environmental (including climatic) conditions likely to be encountered in practice in the area of proposed use. The effect on integrated control must be included in the evaluation. In particular, consideration should be paid to:
5. 2.4.5Member States shall evaluate the degree of adverse effects on the treated crop after use of the plant protection product according to the proposed conditions of use in comparison, where relevant, with a suitable reference product or products, where they exist, and/or an untreated control.
6. 2.4.6Where the plant protection product label includes requirements for use of the plant protection product with other plant protection products and/or with adjuvants as a tank mix, Member States shall make the evaluations referred to in points 2.4.3 to 2.4.5 in relation to the information supplied for the tank mix.
7. 2.4.7Division 2.4.7
8. 2.4.8Where the proposed use of a plant protection product is intended to have an effect on vertebrates, Member States shall evaluate the mechanism by which this effect is obtained and the observed effects on the behaviour and health of the target animals. When the intended effect is to kill the target animal they shall evaluate the time necessary to obtain the death of the animal and the conditions under which death occurs.