{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-284/annex/section-1/division-1.4/division-1.4.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-284/annex/section-1/division-1.4/division-1.4.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/284",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 of 1 March 2013 setting out the data requirements for plant protection products, 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-2013-284",
  "path": "annex/section/1/division/1.4/division/1.4.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.4.1",
  "heading": "Composition of the plant protection product",
  "text": "For plant protection products the following information shall be reported:\nthe content of the technical active substances (based on the specified minimum purity) and the declared content of pure active substances and, where relevant, the corresponding content of the variant (such as salts and esters) of the active substances,\nthe content of safeners, synergists and co-formulants,\nthe maximum content of relevant impurities, where appropriate.\nIn addition to the total active substance content, for slow or controlled release plant protection products (such as capsule suspension, CS) the free (non-encapsulated) and encapsulated active substance content and the release rate shall be given. Where possible, appropriate Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council (CIPAC) methods shall be used. If an alternative method is used this shall be justified by the applicant and a detailed description of the methodology used shall be given.\nThe concentration of each active substance shall be expressed as follows:\nfor solids, aerosols, volatile liquids (maximum boiling point 50 °C) or viscous liquids (lower limit 1 Pa s at 20 °C), as % w/w and g/kg,\nfor other liquids/gel formulations, as % w/w and g/l,\nfor gases, as % v/v and % w/w.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/284/annex/section/1/division/1.4/division/1.4.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:45.647621+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."
}