Illegal PPP and withdrawn active substances for growers from November

November will see one active substance's last date of sale by distributors or retailers take place and one active substance's last date of sale by authorisation holder take place. Separately, the use of two Plant Protection Products (PPP) will become illegal on November 14 due to their registrations either being expired or revoked.

Retail

23 October 2019

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 The PRCD also provides information regarding active substances which will be withdrawn from the Irish market.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 substance Diquat listed below from November 4. November 20 will see the last date of sale by authorisation holder of Chlorothalonil. The active substances have been subject to EU regulatory action. The grace periods for last date of use are listed below.

It should be noted that grace periods shorter than the usual six month sale plus 12 month use-up are prescribed in some instances.

Products containing	Revoke date	Last date of sale by authorisation holder	Last date of sale by distributors or retailers	Last date of use	Regulation
Diquat	04 May 2019	04 May 2019	04 November 2019	04 February 2020	Reg. (EU) 2018/1532
Chlorothalonil	20 November 2019	20 November 2019	31 March 2020	20 May 2020	Reg. (EU) No. 2019/677

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 become illegal during November 2019

Product name	Company name	PCS No	Substance	Registration expiry date	Product use illegal from
Consento	Bayer CropScience Ltd	04344	Fenamidone Propamocarb	14/02/2019	14/11/2019
Fenomenal	Bayer CropScience Ltd	04956	Fenamidone Fosetyl (-aluminium)	14/02/2019	14/11/2019