Illegal PPP and withdrawn active substances for growers from April
April will see two active substances' last date of sale by distributors or retailers take place. Separately, two Plant Protection Products (PPP) will become illegal on April 3 and 16 respectively, due to their registrations either being expired or revoked.
Print25 March 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s (DAFM) Pesticide Registration and Control Division (PRCD), informs the trade on Plant Protection Products (PPP) which have had their registrations revoked or expired, rendering their use illegal. The PRCD also provides information regarding active substances which will be withdrawn from the Irish market.
Active substances’ last date of sale by distributors or retailers
Retailers and wholesalers will be unable to sell products containing the active substances Desmedipham and Dimethoate after their respective last date of sale in April. The active substances have been subject to EU regulatory action. The grace periods for last date of use are listed below.
| Products containing | Revoke date | Last date of sale by authorisation holder | Last date of sale by distributors or retailers | Last date of use | Regulation |
| Desmedipham | January 01, 2020 | January 01, 2020 | April 1, 2020 | July 1, 2020 | (EU) No. 2019/1100 |
| Dimethoate | January 17, 2020 | January 17, 2020 | April 17, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | Reg. (EU) No. 2019/1090 |
It should be noted that grace periods shorter than the usual six month sale plus 12 month use-up are prescribed in some instances. You can find products containing these active substances here.
Last date of use
| Products containing | Revoke date | Last date of sale by authorisation holder | Last date of sale by distributors or retailers | Last date of use | Regulation |
| Methiocarb | December 31, 2019 | December 31, 2019 | March 1, 2020 | April 3, 2020 | Reg. (EU) No. 2019/1606 |
| Chlorpyrifos-methyl | February 16, 2020 | February 16, 2020 | February 16, 2020 | April 16, 2020 | (EU) No. 2020/17 |
You can find products containing these active substances here.
Plant Protection Products for which registrations have expired, or have been, or will be, revoked, and the use of which will be illegal from April, 2020.
| Product name | Company name | PCS No | Substance | Registration expiry date | Product use illegal from |
| Mesurol | FS Bayer CropScience Ltd | 04082 | Methiocarb | 31/12/2019 | 03/04/2020 |
| Reldan 22 | Dow AgroSciences Ltd | 03623 | Chlorpyrifos-methyl | 16/02/2020 | 16/04/2020 |
For the full list of PPP of which their use will become illegal in 2020, click here.
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