Great Britain’s competent authority HSE published on 02.03.2023 a bulletin on unacceptable co-formulants.
2nd March 2023
GB adopts unacceptable co-formulants list
02March
30th August 2022
UK Health updates guidance Risk Characterisation Methods
30August
The UK Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food updated its Guidance on Risk characterisation methods for carcinogens.
17th June 2022
Cinmethylin approved in GB
17June
GB’s competent authority HSE announced on 15.06.2022 that the new BASF herbicide active substance cinmethylin is approved.
18th January 2022
UK approves emergency use of thiamethoxam
18January
UK DEFRA published on 14.01.2022 its decision to grant an emergency authorisation for the use of thiamethoxam in sugarbeets.
18th January 2022
UK DEFRA publishes updated guidance on Art.53 authorisations
UK DEFRA (Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs published on 14.01.2022 a Decision, updating the Guidance on emergency authorisations.
10th August 2021
UK publishes OCR registration form and procedures
10August
🇬🇧 Great Britain continues, after Brexit, with the implementation of the Official Controls Regulation, and in particular the provisions for pesticides.
9th December 2020
UK consultation on National Action Plan
09December
The UK DEFRA opened on 04.12.2020 a consultation on a draft National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
30th November 2020
UK introduces MOA labelling
30November
Following voluntary industry schemes, the UK competent authority is now introducing “Mode of Action Labelling” as a new requirement.
10th July 2020
New Brexit Notice
10July
The Commission published on 25.05.2020 a new Notice to Stakeholders on the impact of Brexit for the approval, authorisation and MRL setting of pesticides.
3rd February 2020
…and then there were 27
03February
Brexit is a fact. What happens next with Regulation 1107 in the UK?
21st December 2019
UK Workshops Consumer Risk Assessment, Phys-Chem & Storage Stability
21December
UK competent authority HSE/CRD announced two new workshops: Consumer Risk Assessment (05-06.02.2020) and Physicochemical Properties and Storage Stability (23.01.2020)
5th December 2019
Guidance on aged sorption studies
05December
UK HSE (CRD) published the finalised “Guidance on how aged sorption studies for pesticides should be conducted, analysed and used in regulatory assessments“.
9th October 2019
PAN UK fears influence of lobbyists in UK after Brexit
09October
On 09.10.2019 PAN Europe had an article published in “the Ecologist”, criticising the post-Brexit pesticides legislation in the UK.
6th October 2019
HSE Workshops
06October
Brexit or not, HSE is organising a series of workshops before and after 31.10.2019, namely on Dermal Exposure, Consumer Risk Assessment, Technical Fate and Behaviour Assessment of plant protection...
23rd September 2019
CLH consultation isopyrazam
23September
ECHA initiated a public consultation on the proposed classification for isopyrazam.
13th September 2019
Modification of existing MRLs for cyprodinil in rhubarbs
13September
On 13.09.2019 EFSA published a reasoned opinion on the modification of MRL for cyprodinil in rhubarb.
13th September 2019
Modification of existing MRL for cyprodinil in rhubarbs
On 13.09.2019 EFSA published its reasoned opinion on the modification of MRLS for cyprodinil in rhubarbs.
10th September 2019
Classification and labelling after no-deal BREXIT
10September
On 10.09.2019 HSE published an article about what to do in terms of classification and labelling if the UK leaves the EU with no deal.
15th August 2019
UK warns for no-deal Brexit impact on parallel import applications
15August
On 14.08.2019 UK HSE/CRD published a bulletin, warning applicants for the impact of a possible “no-deal” Brexit on applications for new Parallel Trade Permits.
27th August 2018
EFSA Scientific Opinion on UK Guidance on aged sorption studies
27August
EFSA published a Scientific Opinion about the UK CRD Guidance on aged absorption studies.Â