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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-II/division-B/division-2/division-2.7/division-2.7.2",
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  "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/II/division/B/division/2/division/2.7/division/2.7.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.7.2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Competent authorities shall evaluate the risk for the aquatic compartment where the possibility of the exposure of aquatic organisms has been established. A micro-organism may give rise to risks because of its potential through multiplication to establish itself in the environment and can therefore have a long-lasting or permanent impact on microbial communities or their predators.\nThis evaluation shall take into consideration the following information:\n(a)the biological properties of the micro-organism;\n(b)the survival of the micro-organism in the environment;\n(c)its ecological niche;\n(d)the natural background level of the micro-organism, where it is indigenous;\n(e)information on fate and behaviour in the various parts of the environment;\n(f)where relevant, information on potential interference with analytical systems used for the control of the quality of drinking water as provided for in the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Council Directive 98/83/EC;\n(g)where relevant, other authorised uses of plant protection products in the area of envisaged use, e.g. containing the same active substance or which gives rise to the same residues.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. 2.B point 2.7.2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 18(9)(b)(xxi)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. 2.B point 2.7.2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 18(9)(b)(xxi)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "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."
}