Pesticides Law.

This Law provides for control of the manufacture, importation, placing on the market, handling and use of pesticides and other substances having the same effect as pesticides including, among other things, growth regulators and substances administered to animals. The Law consists of 30 articles divide into six Chapters: General Provisions (1); Duties and Authorities (2); Permits/Licenses (3); Registration of Pesticides (4); Protective Measures (5); Miscellaneous Provisions (6).
The Law defines the duties of the Department of Plant Protection and Quarantine and the Pesticide Committee. Pesticides shall be registered with the Committee. The Plant Protection and Quarantine Department shall appoint inspectors. Any person, not satisfied with the decision of an inspector or the laboratory section, may submit his or her written objection to the Pesticide Committee.
Production, import, export, transportation, store, sale and distribution of pesticides, without permit of the Department or not registered with the Department, shall be prohibited. Unregistered pesticides may be exempted from this prohibition in order to prevent a severe pest outbreak. Appeal against decisions of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Department may be had with the Pesticide Committee. The Law sets out obligations of the permit/license holder. If the Pesticide Committee has reasons to believe that the use of any registered pesticide may result in risk/injury to human beings, animals or the environment, it may: a. Temporarily prohibit the sale, distribution or use of the pesticide, or a specified batch of pesticides; b. Specify the area and period of validity in its official notification to an individual or the registration office; c. Carry out an investigation of the matter. According to the results of the investigation, the Committee shall order either the removal of the temporary prohibition, or the amendment, suspension, or cancellation of the registration. Agriculture Cooperatives may purchase necessary pesticides, without a license, proportionate to the land area, in accordance with the recommendations of the relevant technical personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
The Law also provides rules for the labelling of pesticides and provides for establishment by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock of laboratories to carry out pesticide formulations and analysis of samples. Laboratories shall: a) Provide information to applicants on active ingredients of the pesticide and the amount of residue of the pesticide on agricultural products, for the purpose of registration; b) Carry out studies on the presence and eradication of pesticides which are Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS), harm the environment, are banned or unregistered pesticides; c) Support the development of protocols for studies on pesticide residue; d) Coordinate between pesticide residue and other pesticide related studies, with the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA).