Regulation No. 177 of the Minister of Agriculture validating the List of Active Substances the Use of Which Is Prohibited in Plant Protection Products

List of Active Substances the Use of Which Is Prohibited in Plant Protection Products1 Regulation No. 117 of the Minister of Agriculture of 7 July 2004 (RTL2 2004, 96, 1504), entered into force 18 July 2004. This Regulation is established on the basis of subsection 63 (4) of the Plant Protection Act (RT3 I 2004, 32, 226). § 1. Scope of application The Regulation establishes the list of active substances the use of which is prohibited in plant protection products (hereinafter list). § 2. Active substances use of which is prohibited in plant protection products (1) The list of active substances the use of which is prohibited in plant protection products is set out in the Annex. (2) The Regulation does not apply to active substances which are intended for research or analysis or for conveyance from Estonia to a third country. (3) The Plant Production Inspectorate may authorise the marketing and use of plant protection products which due to the nature of the production process contain additions of active substances set out in the list specified in subsection (1) in a quantity which does not pose a risk to humans, animals or the environment. (4) In the event of unforeseeable danger which cannot be removed with other means, the Plant Production Inspectorate may authorise, as an exception, for a period of 120 days the marketing and use of plant protection products which contain additions of active substances set out in the list. § 3. Notification The Plant Production Inspectorate shall inform other Member States and the European Commission of the grant of the exception specified in subsection (2) 4). § 6. Entry into force of Regulation This Regulation enters into force on 15 July 2004. 1 Council Directive 79/117/EEC prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances (OJ L 033, 8.02.1979, pp. 1–10). 2 RTL = Riigi Teataja Lisa = Appendix to the State Gazette 3 RT = Riigi Teataja = the State Gazette Annex to Regulation No. 117 of the Minister of Agriculture of 7 July 2004 “List of Active Substances the Use of Which Is Prohibited in Plant Protection Products1” Active substances use of which is prohibited in plant protection products Names of active substances or categories of active substances CAS number2 A. Mercury compounds: 1) alkoxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds 2) alkyl mercury compounds 3) mercurous chloride (calomel) (7546307) 4) mercuric oxide (21908532) 5) other inorganic mercury compounds B. Persistent organochlorine compounds: 1) aldrin (309002) 2) DDT (dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane) (50293) 3) dieldrin (60571) 4) endrin (72208) 5) Lindane (HCH) containing less than 99,0% of gammaisomer (608731) 6) hexachlorobenzene (118741) 7) heptachlor (76448) 8) camphechlor (8001352) 9) chlordane (57749) C. Other compounds: 1) binapacryl (485314) 2) 1,2-dibromoethane (ethylene dibromide) (106934) 3) 1.2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride) (107062) 4) dicofol containing less than 78% of p.p’ 1-dicofol or more than 1g/kg DDT and DDT related compounds (115322) 5) dinoseb, its acetates and salts (88857, 2813958) 6) ethylene oxide (oxyrane) (75218) 7) captafol (2425061) 8) Quintozene containing more than 1g/kg of HCB or more than 10g/kg pentachlorobenzene (82688) 9) maleic hydrazide and its choline, potassium and sodium salts containing more than 1mg/kg of free hydrazine expressed on the basis of the acid equivalent (10071133) 10) nitrofen (1836755) 2 Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number is the number of the substance in the Chemical Abstracts Service inventory of chemical substances.