STATE PLANT SERVICESTATE PLANT SERVICE

UNDER THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUREUNDER THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

Ozo str. 4 A, LT- 08200 Vilnius, Lithuania Tel. / faksas: 85 2730233,

Mail: info@vatzum.lt, Web: http//:www.vatzum.lt

Plant Protection Product registration Plant Protection Product registration and control in Lithuaniaand control in Lithuania

dr. Loreta Taluntyte

Deputy Director

2011-06-07/08, Vilnius

State Plant Service under the Ministry of Agriculture was established on the 1st of July in 2010, when three State Services were reorganized and merged together:

• State Plant Protection Service, • State Seed and Grain Service under the

Ministry of Agriculture, • State Plant Varieties Testing Center.

Further reorganization has been made on the 1st of March 2011, when 7 Plant Variety Testing Stations were integrated under Service administration.

After all structural changes, more efficient and streamlined management of State institutions is made and “one-way gate” principle in practice is being implemented.

Service develops and implements State policy in the fields of:

• plant health, • quality of plant propagating material and plant products (i.e. grain), • plant varieties registration and granting the legal protection for plant

varieties,• plant protection products registration and control, • control of the use of fertilizers.

Division of Plans Preparation and Control

Division of Plans Preparation and Control

Department of General AffairsDepartment of General Affairs

Division of EconomyDivision of Economy

Division of Document Management

Division of Document Management

Kaišiadorys Plant Variety Testing Division

Kaišiadorys Plant Variety Testing Division

Kaunas Plant Variety Testing DivisionKaunas Plant Variety Testing Division

Pasvalys Plant Variety Testing DivisionPasvalys Plant Variety Testing Division

Plungė Plant Variety Testing DivisionPlungė Plant Variety Testing Division

Šilutė Plant Variety Testing DivisionŠilutė Plant Variety Testing Division

Utena Plant Variety Testing DivisionUtena Plant Variety Testing Division

Vilnius Plant Variety Testing DivisionVilnius Plant Variety Testing Division

Plant Production Quality Diagnostic Division

Plant Production Quality Diagnostic Division

PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTSPLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS AUTHORISATION AUTHORISATION

IN LITHUANIAIN LITHUANIA

Plant protection products authorisation division

• Evaluation and authorisation, re-registration of plant protection products in Lithuania,

• Evaluation and preparation of Draft assessment reports concerning inclusion of active substance in Annex I of directive 91/414/EEC,

• Evaluation of parallel trade applications,• Evaluation of emergency applications for 120 days,• Evaluation of applications for scientific trials.

Plant protection products authorisation division

• Head of division• Deputy head - administrative and general issues • Specialists for the assessment of:

- identity, physical and – chemical properties and analytical methods 1

- toxicology 2 - residues 1- ecotoxicology 2- fate and behaviour 2- biological efficacy 1

Plant protection products authorisation

Legal acts (1)

• Law on plant protection • Law on chemical substances and preparations• Regulations for authorisation of plant protection products

which contain active substances included in the List of active substances and new active substances

• Requirements for the dossier to be submitted for the active substance and requirements for the dossier to be submitted for authorisation on plant protection products

Legal acts (2)

• List of active substances, which may be contained in plant protection products

• Uniform principles for the evaluation and decision-making of plant protection products

• Procedure for the Classification and Labeling of Dangerous Substances and Preparations

• Specific risk and safety phrases for plant protection products

• Procedure for the evaluation of information on active substances, the drawing up of a draft assessment reports and its submission to the European Commission

Legal acts (3)

• Consulting Commission and its Regulation• List of minor crops and minor users• Governmental resolution on the approval of the state

charges for the registration, re-registration, amendment on use, extension for minor crops

• Regulations for trade of parallel plant protection products• Regulations for good experimental practice

Plant protection products authorisation

Advisory Committee

• Scientists (Vilnius University, Institute of Ecology, Institute of Hygiene, Institute of Agriculture, Institute of Horticulture);

• Experts from relevant Ministries (Ministry of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, State Plant Service under Ministry of Agriculture, State Forest Service).

Authorised plant protection products in Lithuania

For professional use: For amateur use:

Total, including 261 Total, including 37 Herbicides 117 Herbicides 21Insecticides 20 Insecticides 6Fungicides 80 Fungicides 10PPP for seed treatment 22Plant growth regulators 8Plant growth inhibitors 2Fumigants 6Others 6

CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTSPROTECTION PRODUCTS

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Organization of PPPs post-registration control:

• State Plant Service is the national authority responsible for the authorization and control of plant protection products (PPPs) in Lithuania.

• Plant Protection Products Control Division (Division) of SPSMA is responsible for the control of PPPs placing on the market, storage, packaging and labelling, marketing and use.

• 27 regional specialists (inspectors) carry out post registration control of PPPs in accordance to comply with the provisions of the legal acts and report directly to the administration of the Division.

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There are 27 regional inspectors responsible for control of plant protection products in the Country

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Administration of Plant Protection Products Control Division is responsible for:

• Preparation, adoption and replacement of the National and EU Legal acts.

• Organising, administration and control of implementation of PPP post – registration control.

• Planning of measures for improvement of PPPs control system.

• Preparing inspection guidelines, protocol forms and providing technical advice on conducting inspections.

• Analyses of inspection results.

• Evaluating the quality of inspections, including inspection of check lists.

• Training of regional inspection staff.

• Organising and control of testing of sprayers in use, etc.

Administration, planning and control measures (1)

• The activities of regional inspection staff are coordinated by the Administration of the Division.

• Setting of the Annual control activities plan (according to the analyses of the inspection activities from last year and available funds).

• On base of the Annual control activities plan set by the Administration of the Division, - regional inspectors develop a very detailed individual Annual inspection plans.

• Once a year regional inspection staff give a overall report to Administration about the inspection activities implemented.

• Inspection reports are analyzed and filed.

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Inspections

• Planned inspections: on PPPs marketing, packaging - labelling, storage and use are implemented according to the Annual control activities plan set by order of the Director of SPSMA.

• Unplanned inspections: are implemented according to complaints, information received or the secondary visits when the infringements were found during planned inspections (the found faults must be corrected and revised).

• Inspector after carrying out inspection on PPPs marketing, packaging – labelling, use or storage fills out a special forms of a Check list.

• Annual control activities plan also include the task for Inspectors: to take number of PPPs samples and delivering them to the competent Laboratory for the quality testing.

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Activities of PPPs control inspectors (1)

Carry out the control of trade, packaging – labelling, storage and use of plant protection products:

- Control on sale (trade, storage, records keeping).

- Control on packaging and labelling.

- Control on use at user level (use, storage, records journal).

- Control of the records on use and trade of plant protection products.- Control documents to prove the legality of purchase of plant protection products (users and marketing chain).- Sampling of plant protection products for inspection of their quality (delivering them to the Laboratory) .

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Activities of PPPs control inspectors (2)

• Control of certification (testing) of plant protection sprayers.

• Participation in training of users and traders of plant protection

products according to approved programs.

• Laying administrative penalties for legal and natural persons for the

violation of legal acts on trade, packaging – labelling, storage and

use of PPPs.

• Suspension or prohibition to use and trade of plant protection

products in case of violations of the requirements laid down in

relevant legislation.

• Collection of statistics on sale of PPPs and reporting.

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Control of use, storage, packaging - labelling and sale of plant protection products in 2010 (violators in units)

Inspections Violators

Use of plant protection products

797 202

Marketing of plant protection products

544 123

Packaging and labeling 259 74

Storage of plant protection products

410 96

Total 2010 495

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Inspections carried out and violators identified in 2010

797

544259

410

2010

123 74 96

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Use MarketingPackaging and labelling Storage Total

Inspections Violators

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The quantities of PPPs sold to users (farmers) in tons of AS (Dynamics by years: 2008 – 2010)

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