Illegal PPPs and withdrawn active substances for growers from June

Products containing Propiconazole, Quinoxyfen, and Flurtamone will each see their last date of sale by authorisation holder take place in June. Photo: David Alberto Carmona Coto.

June will see three active substances' last date of sale by authorisation holder take place. Separately, the use of 57 plant protection products will become illegal by June 30 due to their registration either being expired or revoked.

Retail

3 June 2019

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s (DAFM) Pesticide Registration and Control Division (PRCD), informs the trade on Plant Protection Products (PPPs) 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 The PRCD also provides information regarding active substances which will be withdrawn from the Irish market.

Recent Active Substance Withdrawals

The active substances listed below have recently been subject to EU regulatory action and all products containing these active substances will be withdrawn from the market in Ireland. The various grace periods for sale and use of products containing these active substances are described 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.

Product containing	Revoke date	Last date of sale by authorisation holder	Last date of sale by distributors or retailers	Last date of use	Regulation
Propiconazole	June 19, 2019	June 19, 2019	December 19, 2019	March 19, 2020	Reg. (EU) 2018/1865
Quinoxyfen	June 27, 2019	June 27, 2019	December 27, 2019	March 17, 2020	Reg. (EU) 2018/1914
Flurtamone	June 27, 2019	June 27, 2019	December 27, 2019	March 27, 2020	Reg. (EU) 2018/1917

You can find products containing these active substance ingredients 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 June 2019

Product name	Company name	PCS No	Substance	Registration expiry date	Product use illegal from
Acute	Generica Europa Ltd	05170	Pinoxaden	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Alister	Bayer CropScience Limited	02844	Diflufenican Iodosulfuron-methylsodium Mesosulfuron – methyl	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Axial	Syngenta UK Ltd	02282	Pinoxaden	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Axial One	Syngenta UK Ltd	04132	Florasulam Pinoxaden	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
B&Q Path & Patio Weedkiller	Syngenta UK Ltd	04011	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
B&Q Path & Patio Weedkiller Concentrate	Syngenta UK Ltd	04014	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
B&Q Value Tough Action Weedkiller	Syngenta UK Ltd	04012	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
B&Q Weedkiller	Syngenta UK Ltd	04010	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
B&Q Weedkiller Concentrate	Syngenta UK Ltd	04013	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Baby Bio House Plant Insecticide	Bayer CropScience Limited	03330	Thiacloprid	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Bandock EW	Arysta LifeScience Benelux SPRL	04680	2,4-D Dicamba Triclopyr	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Bramble Killer Ultra	Barclay Chemicals Ltd	03078	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Brogue	Mitsui Agriscience International S.A./N.V.	03993	Diquat (dibromide)	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
CIPC	Arysta LifeScience Benelux SPRL	90486	Chlorpropham	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Cleave	Adama Agricultural Solutions UK Ltd	05373	Florasulam Fluroxypyr	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Croplink Avena	Croplink (Ireland) Ltd	04601	Pinoxaden	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Damine	Arysta LifeScience Benelux SPRL	02353	2,4-D	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Ettu	Euro Chemicals s.r.o.	05139	Epoxiconazole Metconazole	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Euro Lambda 100 CS	Euro Chemicals s.r.o.	05137	lambda-Cyhalothrin	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Farmco Axis	Farmco Agritrading Ltd	04435	Pinoxaden	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Flora 50	Euro Chemicals s.r.o.	05156	Florasulam	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Flurox 180	Stockton Europe Ltd	04302	Fluroxypyr	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Flurox 200	Stockton Europe Ltd	04303	Fluroxypyr	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Gem Glyphosate Weed and Root Killer	Barclay Chemicals Ltd	02999	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
GF – 2463	Dow AgroSciences Ltd	04939	Clopyralid Florasulam	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Greenfly Killer	Bayer CropScience Limited	04308	Deltamethrin	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Green-up Moss Free Lawn Mosskiller	Vitax Limited	90718	Ferrous Sulphate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
House Plant Pest Killer	Vitax Limited	92251	Pyrethrins	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Kinetic	Helena Chemical Company	92280	Polyalkyleneoxide Polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene glycol	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Legumex	Croplink (Ireland) Ltd	04897	2,4-DB MCPA	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Multirose Bug Killer	Bayer CropScience Limited	04272	Thiacloprid	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Nettleban EW	Arysta LifeScience Benelux SPRL	04681	2,4-D Dicamba Triclopyr	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Orchid B	Croplink (Ireland) Ltd	04612	Chlorothalonil	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Pivotal	Dow AgroSciences Ltd	05458	Fluroxypyr Triclopyr	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Polaca	Euro Chemicals s.r.o.	05138	Epoxiconazole Fenpropimorph Metrafenone	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Provado Ultimate Bug Killer Concentrate 2	Bayer CropScience Limited	03601	Thiacloprid	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Provado Ultimate Bug Killer Ready to use	Bayer CropScience Limited	02810	Thiacloprid	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Provado Vine Weevil Killer 2	Bayer CropScience Limited	02622	Thiacloprid	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Py Powder Insect Killer	Vitax Limited	90992	Pyrethrins	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Py Spray Garden Insect Killer	Vitax Limited	90993	Pyrethrins	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Py Spray Garden Insect Killer Concentrate	Vitax Limited	92257	Pyrethrins	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Rescue	Syngenta UK Ltd	03682	Pinoxaden	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Rhino	Certis Europe BV	04258	Flutolanil	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Rogue	DHM Agrochemicals Ltd.	04887	Pinoxaden	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Rooting Powder	Vitax Limited	02033	1-Naphthylacetic acid	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Scrubkiller EW	Arysta LifeScience Benelux SPRL	04682	2,4-D Dicamba Triclopyr	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Sherman	Adama Agricultural Solutions UK Ltd	04373	Pendimethalin	01/12/2017	01/06/2019
Terbel Triple EW	Arysta LifeScience Benelux SPRL	04679	2,4-D Dicamba Triclopyr	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Theta	Pan Agriculture Ltd	04586	Mesotrione Terbuthylazine	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Transcend	Helena Chemical Company	92278	Methylated Soyabean Oil Polyalkyleneoxide	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Traxos	Syngenta UK Ltd	02443	Clodinafop Pinoxaden	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Verve Path & Patio Weedkiller	Syngenta UK Ltd	04551	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Verve Path & Patio Weedkiller Concentrate	Syngenta UK Ltd	04554	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Verve Root Killing Weedkiller	Syngenta UK Ltd	04550	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Verve Root Killing Weedkiller Concentrate	Syngenta UK Ltd	04553	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Verve Tough Weedkiller	Syngenta UK Ltd	04552	Glyphosate	31/12/2017	30/06/2019
Wizard	UPL Europe Ltd	03112	Ethofumesate Phenmedipham	31/12/2017	30/06/2019