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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-I/division-C/division-2/division-2.5/division-2.5.2/division-2.5.2.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-I/division-C/division-2/division-2.5/division-2.5.2/division-2.5.2.2.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/C/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.2/division/2.5.2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.5.2.2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where there is a possibility of aquatic organisms being exposed, no authorisation shall be granted if:\nthe toxicity/exposure ratio for fish and Daphnia is less than 100 for acute exposure and less than 10 for long-term exposure, or\nthe algal growth inhibition/exposure ratio is less than 10, or\nthe maximum bioconcentration factor (BCF) is greater than 1 000 for plant protection products containing active substances which are readily biodegradable or greater than 100 for those which are not readily biodegradable,\nunless it is clearly established through an appropriate risk assessment that under field conditions no unacceptable impact on the viability of exposed species (predators) occurs — directly or indirectly — after use of the plant protection product in accordance with the proposed conditions of use.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/546/annex/part/I/division/C/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.2/division/2.5.2.2",
    "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."
}