{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-I/division-B/division-2/division-2.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-I/division-B/division-2/division-2.3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/546",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 546/2011 of 10 June 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards uniform principles for evaluation and authorisation of plant protection products (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546",
  "path": "annex/part/I/division/B/division/2/division/2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3",
  "heading": "Impact on vertebrates to be controlled",
  "text": "Where the proposed use of the plant protection product aims to have an effect on vertebrates, competent authorities shall evaluate the mechanism by which this effect is obtained and the observed effects on the behaviour and health of the target animals; when the intended effect is to kill the target animal they shall evaluate the time necessary to obtain the death of the animal and the conditions under which death occurs.\nThis evaluation shall take into consideration the following information:\n(i)all relevant information as provided for in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 544/2011 and the results of the evaluation thereof, including the toxicological and metabolism studies;\n(ii)all relevant information on the plant protection product as provided for in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 545/2011, including toxicological studies and efficacy data.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. 1.B points 2.2.2, 2.3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 18(8)(b)(viii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/546/annex/part/I/division/B/division/2/division/2.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:05.430430+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."
}