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Extension of approval periods for some active substances

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1511 of 16 October 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances amidosulfuron, bifenox, chlorotoluron, clofentezine,…

Switzerland bans the export of highly dangerous pesticides

From 2021 Switzerland will not allow the export of 5 dangerous phytosanitary products that are already banned in Switzerland today. The country's government approved on Wednesday the 14th the amendment to the law on chemicals as part of the…

The output of China’s chemical pesticide technical production from Jan to Jul went down by 6.5%

According to CISource, in July 2020, the production output of China’s chemical pesticide technical was 170,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%. From January to July 2020, the national output of chemical pesticide technical was 1.228…

Tax on agrochemicals may rise with tax reform in Brazil

The Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) 110, under analysis by the Senate, allows agribusiness to receive different treatment in the tax reforms, according to consultant Eduardo Lourenço, from the Pensar Agro Institute. Meanwhile,…

Brazil‘s Mapa approves 21 pesticide technical products

On 9th July, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (Mapa) published, in the Federal Official Gazette, the registration of 21 pesticide technical products, which are chemicals with a high degree of purity and concentration of active ingredients. All…

APVMA publishes new tailored guidance—changes to product formulations

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has published new tailored guidance to assist with applications to vary a product to make a change to the product’s formulation, for both agricultural and veterinary products. Changes…

Proposed ban on 27 pesticides: Anxious agrochem industry drawing up legal strategy

The agrochemical industry, worried by the proposed ban on 27 pesticides by the Centre, is drawing up a legal strategy to counter it. However, internal documents prepared by industry experts show that continued manufacture of four pesticides…

Calls for Mayor of London to ban pesticides

The Mayor of London should ban pesticide use on all City Hall controlled property, according to the Green Party UK. The devastation wreaked by chemical pesticides can clearly be seen at a London nature reserve, Seething Wells Filter Beds,…

Import of banned pesticides should be stopped in Cambodia

Minister of Agriculture in Cambodia Veng Sakhon yesterday urged his officials and stakeholders to strengthen efforts to prevent the sale of banned or counterfeit pesticides and fertilisers in the Kingdom. He made the call during a meeting…