{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/annex-IV/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/annex-IV/division-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/IV/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Conditions for comparative assessment",
  "text": "Where refusal or withdrawal of an authorisation of a plant protection product in favour of an alternative plant protection product or a non-chemical control or prevention method is considered, referred to as ‘substitution’, the alternative must, in the light of scientific and technical knowledge, show significantly lower risk to health or the environment. An assessment of the alternative shall be performed to demonstrate whether it can be used with similar effect on the target organism and without significant economic and practical disadvantages to the user or not.\nFurther conditions for refusal or withdrawal of an authorisation are as follows:\n(a) substitution shall be applied only where other methods or the chemical diversity of the active substances is sufficient to minimise the occurrence of resistance in the target organism;\n(b) substitution shall be applied only to plant protection products where their use presents a significantly higher level of risk to human health or the environment; and\n(c) substitution shall be applied only after allowing for the possibility, where necessary, of acquiring experience from use in practice, where not already available.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1107/annex/IV/division/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."
}