# 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, Article 14: Renewal of approval

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

1. On application the approval of an active substance shall be renewed where it is established that the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 are satisfied.
Article 4 shall be deemed to be satisfied where this has been established with respect to one or more representative uses of at least one plant protection product containing that active substance.
Such renewal of the approval may include conditions and restrictions, as referred to in Article 6(1).
2. The renewal of the approval must be for a period not exceeding—
(a) where the active substance is covered by Article 4(7), 5 years;
(b) for a candidate for substitution (see Article 24), 7 years;
(c) otherwise, 15 years.
3. Paragraph 2 is subject to Article 17.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1107/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/article-14
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