{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-283/annex/section-8/division-8.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-283/annex/section-8/division-8.2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/283",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 of 1 March 2013 setting out the data requirements for active substances, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-283",
  "path": "annex/section/8/division/8.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8.2",
  "heading": "Effects on aquatic organisms",
  "text": "Reports of the tests referred to in points 8.2.1, 8.2.4 and 8.2.6 shall be submitted for every active substance and supported with analytical data on concentrations of the substance in the test media.\nWhen aquatic toxicity studies are conducted with a poorly soluble substance, limit concentrations lower than 100 mg substance/L may be acceptable, however precipitation of the substance in the test medium shall be avoided and a solubiliser, auxiliary solvent or dispersing agent shall be used when appropriate. Testing using the plant protection product may be required by the ... competent authorities if no biological effects occur at the solubility limit of the active substance.\nToxicity endpoints (such as LC50, EC10, EC20, EC50 and NOEC) shall be calculated on the basis of nominal or mean/initial measured concentrations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Annex Pt. A point 8.2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 21(5)(b)(xvi); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/283/annex/section/8/division/8.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:46.014078+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."
}