# 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 55: Use of plant protection products

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

1. Plant protection products shall be used properly.
2. Proper use shall include the application of the principles of good plant protection practice and compliance with the conditions established in accordance with Article 31 and specified on the labelling. It shall also comply with the provisions of Directive 2009/128/EC and, in particular, with general principles of integrated pest management, as referred to in Article 14 of and Annex III to that Directive ...
3. For the purposes of this Article, Article 14 of Directive 2009/128/EC is to be read as if—
(a) obligations on Member States were obligations on the competent authorities;
(b) paragraph 3 were omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1107/article/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1107/article-55
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