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Ministerial Decree No. 75618 prescribing restrictions on the use of the pesticide additive FLOPET and its labelling.

Country
Type of law
Regulation
Source


Abstract
A Decree prescribing restrictive provisions related to quality and use on plants of pesticides containing the active substance FOLPET; it also prescribes the mandatory information to be carried on the label of such products: on the label of pesticides containing FLOPET must appear: the declaration of the solvent (200-250 gram./100 litres of water); the toxicological classification; hazard symbols, using the appropriate graphic symbol (St. Andrew's cross) that warn of danger, together with clear and concise indications as to the degree and kind of such danger; instructions indicating crops, pests or diseases for which these products have been officially approved; safety interval, referring to the statement of the period which should elapse between the last application of the product and the harvest of plant products (e.g. for vine: 40 days; almond-tree: 30 days, etc.); safety precautions, including standard statements designed to inform the user clearly how to handle the product with a minimum of hazard (e.g. protective clothes to be worn, what to do in case of contamination, etc.); first-aid instructions and antidotal measures indicating the measures to be taken in case of poisoning; information regarding the protection of the environment from harmful effects.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 468, Part II, 7 July 1988, pp. 4431 and 4432.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No