{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-II/division-C/division-2/division-2.7/division-2.7.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-II/division-C/division-2/division-2.7/division-2.7.3.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/II/division/C/division/2/division/2.7/division/2.7.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.7.3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "No authorisation shall be granted if the contamination of groundwater expected as a result of the use of a plant protection product under the proposed conditions of use contravenes or exceeds whichever of the following is the lower:\n(a)the parameters or maximum permissible concentrations laid down by the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 98/83/EC; or\n(b)the parameters or maximum permissible concentrations laid down for components in the plant protection product such as relevant metabolites/toxins in accordance with the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2000/60/EC; or\n(c)the parameters for the micro-organism or the maximum concentration laid down for components in the plant protection product such as relevant metabolites/toxins when approving the micro-organism in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, on the basis of appropriate data, in particular, toxicological data, or, where that concentration has not been laid down, the concentration corresponding to 1/10 of the acceptable daily intake (ADI) laid down when the micro-organism was approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009,\nunless it is scientifically demonstrated that under relevant field conditions the lower of the parameters or concentrations is not contravened or exceeded.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. 2.C point 2.7.3(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 18(9)(c)(xxii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. 2.C points 2.7.3(b), 2.7.4 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 18(9)(c)(xxiii); 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/II/division/C/division/2/division/2.7/division/2.7.3",
    "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."
}