Division 7.1.1 Route of degradation in soil

The data and information provided, together with other relevant data and information, shall be sufficient to:

1. (a)

   identify, if possible, the relative importance of the types of processes involved (balance between chemical and biological degradation);

2. (b)

   identify the individual components present which at any time account for more than 10 % of the amount of active substance added, including, if possible, non-extractable residues;

3. (c)

   identify, if possible, the individual components which in at least two sequential measurements, account for more than 5 % of the amount of active substance added;

4. (d)

   identify, if possible, the individual components (> 5 %) for which at the end of the study the maximum of formation is not yet reached;

5. (e)

   identify or characterise, if possible, other individual components present;

6. (f)

   establish the relative proportions of the components present (mass balance); and

7. (g)

   permit the soil residue of concern to which non-target species are or may be exposed, to be defined.

For the purposes of this Section non-extractable residues means chemical species originating from active substances contained in plant protection products used in accordance with good agricultural practice that cannot be extracted by methods which do not significantly change the chemical nature of these residues or the nature of the soil matrix. These non-extractable residues are not considered to include fragments through metabolic pathways leading to natural products.