Plant Protection Products Authorisation

Plant Protection Products Authorisation Division

Plant Protection Products Authorisation - administrative act by which State Plant Service under Ministry of Agriculture authorises the placing on the market of a plant protection product in Lithuania.

        Plant Protection Products Authorisation Division after receiving application and all data required carries out the assessment of data provided for plant protection products authorisation, i.e. evaluation of active substances and their products identity, physical chemical properties and analytical methods validation, toxicological and metabolism studies, residues in and on treated plants or plant products, fate and behaviour in the environment, ecotoxicological studies, biological efficacy.   

        Carries out risk assessment for operators, workers, bystanders and residents and for birds, mammals, aquatic organisms, soil   micro and macro organisms, non target arthropods.

        Comes to decisions for granting plant protection products authorisation, non-authorisation, re-registration, expansion and changes of uses, etc..

        Examines the applications and documents related for granting parallel trade permits, authorisations for placing on the market products for a period not exceeding 120 days, permits for scientific research and trial purposes.

        Assesses the equivalence of technical active substance.

        Coordinates activities of Good Experimental  Practice.

         Participates in the EU process of active substances assessment, expert working groups on Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review Process, the EU Commission Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health Section: Plant Protection Products – Legislation, EFSA Pesticide Steering Committee.

• List of authorised plant protection products (in Lithuanian)
• List of parallel plant protection products (in Lithuanian)
• List of emergency authorisations according Article 53 of Regulation (EC)1107/2009 (in Lithuanian)
• The state fee for plant protection products authorisation, renewal of authorisation, etc.

 

Contact points

Ozo str. 4A, LT-08200 Vilnius, Phone +370 5 2624940

Application forms

Applications regarding plant protection products are submitted trough VATIS system

• Form to notify intended zonal applications under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
• Application for authorisation of a plant protection products according Regulation (EC) No.1107/2009
• An application for permit to conduct scientific trials or experiments for research or development with not authorised plant protection products
• Application form for permit for parallel trade of plant protection products

• Guidance document on work-sharing in the Northern zone in the authorisation of plant protection products, rev. 12
• Guidance on requirements for efficacy data for zonal evaluation of a plant protection product in the Northern Zone rev. 9