{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-25/annex/division-B/division-2/division-2.4/division-2.4.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-25/annex/division-B/division-2/division-2.4/division-2.4.4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2005/25",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2005/25/EC of 14 March 2005 amending Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC as regards plant protection products containing micro-organisms (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-25",
  "path": "annex/division/B/division/2/division/2.4/division/2.4.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.4.4",
  "heading": "Member 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:",
  "text": "(a) the level, consistency and duration of the effect sought in relation to the dose in comparison with a suitable reference product or products, where they exist, and an untreated control;\n(b) where relevant, the effect on yield or reduction of loss in storage, in terms of quantity and/or quality, in comparison with a suitable reference product or products, where they exist, and an untreated control.\nWhere no suitable reference product exists, Member States shall evaluate the performance of the plant protection product to determine whether there is a consistent and defined benefit under the agricultural, plant health and environmental (including climatic) conditions likely to be encountered in practice in the area of proposed use.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/25/annex/division/B/division/2/division/2.4/division/2.4.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:44.100508+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}