{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/annex-II/division-5/division-5.1/division-5.1.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/annex-II/division-5/division-5.1/division-5.1.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1107",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107",
  "path": "annex/II/division/5/division/5.1/division/5.1.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.1.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An active substance, other than a micro-organism, shall not be considered as being of low-risk where it corresponds to any of the following:\n(a) it is or has to be classified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as any of the following:\ncarcinogenic category 1A, 1B or 2,\nmutagenic category 1A, 1B or 2,\ntoxic to reproduction category 1A, 1B or 2,\nskin sensitiser category 1,\nserious damage to eye category 1,\nrespiratory sensitiser category 1,\nacute toxicity category 1, 2 or 3,\nspecific Target Organ Toxicant, category 1 or 2,\ntoxic to aquatic life of acute and chronic category 1 on the basis of appropriate standard tests,\nexplosive,\nskin corrosive, category 1A, 1B or 1C;\n(b) it has been identified as priority substance and is listed in Annex 10 to Directive 2000/60/EC;\n(c) it is deemed to be an endocrine disruptor;\n(d) it has neurotoxic or immunotoxic effects.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1432 of 7 August 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market as regards the criteria for the approval of low-risk active substances (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 5.1.1(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 14(3)(r) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1107/annex/II/division/5/division/5.1/division/5.1.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:07.189108+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."
}