{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-284/annex/section-10/division-10.2/division-10.2.1/division-1",
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  "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/10/division/10.2/division/10.2.1/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Circumstances in which required",
  "text": "Testing shall be performed where:\n(a)the acute toxicity of the plant protection product cannot be predicted on the basis of the data for the active substance; or\n(b)the intended use includes direct application on water;\n(c)extrapolation on the basis of available data for a similar plant protection product is not possible.\nTests shall be carried out on one species from each of the three/four groups of aquatic organisms, that is to say fish, aquatic invertebrates, algae and, where relevant, macrophytes as referred to in point 8.2 of Part A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 283/2013, if the plant protection product itself may contaminate water.\nHowever, where the available information permits to conclude that one of these groups is clearly more sensitive, tests on only the relevant group shall be performed.\nIf the plant protection product contains two or more active substances, and the most sensitive taxonomic groups for the individual active substances are not the same, testing on all three/four aquatic groups, that is to say fish, aquatic invertebrates, algae and, where relevant macrophytes, shall be required.",
  "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/10/division/10.2/division/10.2.1/division/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."
}