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HSE Pesticides ebulletin

Issued: 11 January 2023

This ebulletin includes information on the implementation of the Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Registration reminder: Official Controls Regulations for Pesticides

This is a reminder that businesses and other organisations working with plant protection products (PPPs) in Great Britain are required to register basic information about their activity with Defra under The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020.

Details of who needs to register can be found on GOV.UK:

1. Any person or business using PPPs or their adjuvants in a professional capacity
   Register as a professional user
   
   
2. Any business that produces, manufactures, processes, stores, distributes or sells PPPs for professional use
   Register as a business that places them on the market
   
   
3. Any business that sells amateur PPPs
   Register as a seller

Any business or other organisation that started working with PPPs professionally more than 3 months ago should have registered already and must do so as soon as possible.

New professional users and businesses should register within 3 months of starting business.

If you have already registered, you do not need to take any further action.

Defra is collecting information from businesses in Scotland and Wales on behalf of Scottish and Welsh Governments. Businesses in Northern Ireland should not register with Defra as Northern Ireland has created its own regulations.

See the DEFRA policy statement for more details.

DAERA update: the Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

DAERA has updated their online List of Operators Registration App to facilitate the registration of businesses involved in the supply chain of amateur use PPPs in Northern Ireland (NI). The Department has also launched the registration process for professional users of PPPs.

The NI Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has the responsibility to implement the Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations (NI) 2020.

You must register with DAERA if:

• you represent a business that is involved in the supply chain of professional use PPPs and/or amateur use PPPs with premises in NI
  
  
• you represent a business, organisation or are a sole trader that stores or uses PPPs in a professional capacity as part of your work activity

If you haven’t already registered you should take action now.

For more details and to register online, visit the DAERA website.