# 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, Division 3: Significant practical or economic disadvantages

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Significant practical or economic disadvantage to the user is defined as a major quantifiable impairment of working practices or business activity leading to inability to maintain sufficient control of the target organism. Such a major impairment might be, for example, where no technical facilities for the use of the alternative are available or economically feasible.
Where a comparative assessment indicates that restrictions on and/or prohibitions of use of a plant protection product could cause such disadvantage, then this shall be taken into account in the decision-making process. This situation shall be substantiated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1107/annex/IV/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/annex-IV/division-3
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