# 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), Division 2.8.5

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

Where there is a possibility of earthworms being exposed, no authorisation shall be granted if the micro-organism is pathogenic to earthworms or in the case of toxic effects due to components in the plant protection product such as relevant metabolites/toxins, the acute toxicity/exposure ratio is less than 10, or the long-term toxicity/exposure ratio is less than 5, unless it is clearly established through an appropriate risk assessment that under field conditions earthworm populations are not at risk after use of the plant protection product in accordance with the proposed conditions of use.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/546/annex/part/II/division/C/division/2/division/2.8/division/2.8.5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-546/annex/part-II/division-C/division-2/division-2.8/division-2.8.5
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