{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-25/annex/division-B/division-2/division-2.7",
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  "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/2.7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.7",
  "heading": "Fate and behaviour in the environment",
  "text": "The biocomplexity of the ecosystems and interactions in the microbial communities concerned must be taken into account.\nInformation on the origin and properties (e.g. specificity) of the micro-organism/its residual metabolites/toxins and its intended use forms the basis for an assessment of environmental fate and behaviour. The mode of action of the micro-organism should be taken into consideration.\nAn assessment shall be made of the fate and behaviour of any known relevant metabolite that is produced by the micro-organism. The assessment shall be made for each environmental compartment, and shall be triggered on the basis of the criteria specified in section 7 (iv) of Annex IIB.\nIn the assessment of the environmental fate and behaviour of plant protection products, Member States shall have regard to all aspects of the environment, including biota. The potential for persistence and multiplication of micro-organisms has to be assessed in all environmental compartments unless it can be justified that particular micro-organisms will not reach a specific compartment. The mobility of micro-organisms and their residual metabolites/toxins must be considered.",
  "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/2.7",
    "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."
}