{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/article-5.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": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "First approval",
  "text": "1. First approval must be for a period not exceeding—\n(a) 10 years for an active substance, safener or synergist;\n(b) 15 years for a low-risk active substance (see Article 22);\n(c) 7 years for a candidate for substitution (see Article 24).\n2. Paragraph 1 is subject to Article 17.\n3. Approval for a basic substance (see Article 23) is for an unlimited period.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 4(3) (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/article/5",
    "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."
}