Division Circumstances in which required

These studies shall always be performed where the plant protection product is to be applied to plants or plant products that are used as food or feed or where residues from soil or other substrates can be taken up by such plants except where extrapolation from adequate data on another crop is possible.

When planning residue trials, it shall be borne in mind that information on the residues in ripe or unripe crops may be of interest with respect to the risk assessment in other areas like ecotoxicology or worker safety.