Governmental Decree No.107 of 2000 regarding validation of the Regulation on prohibited plant protection products

Disclaimer: The English language text below is provided by the Translation and Terminology Centre for information only; it confers no rights and imposes no obligations separate from those conferred or imposed by the legislation formally adopted and published. Only the latter is authentic. The original Latvian text uses masculine pronouns in the singular. The Translation and Terminology Centre uses the principle of gender-neutral language in its English translations. In addition, gender-specific Latvian nouns have been translated as gender-neutral terms, e.g. chairperson. Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) Republic of Latvia Cabinet Regulation No. 107 Adopted 21 March 2000 Regulations Regarding Prohibited Plant Protection Products Issued pursuant to Section 5, Clause 6 of the Plant Protection Law 1. These Regulations determine plant protection products that are prohibited. 2. It is prohibited to import, distribute or use in Latvia plant protection products containing the following active substances: 2.1. mercury compounds: 2.1.1. mercuric oxide; 2.1.2. mercurous chloride (calomel); 2.1.3. other inorganic mercury compounds; 2.1.4. alkyl mercury compounds; and 2.1.5. alkoxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds: 2.2. persistent chlorinated organic compounds: 2.2.1. aldrin; 2.2.2. chlordane; 2.2.3. dieldrin; 2.2.4. DDT; 2.2.5. endrin; 2.2.6. HCH – hexachlorocyclohexane (containing less than 99 % of the gamma isomer); 2.2.7. heptachlor; 2.2.8. hexachlorobenzene; and 2.2.9. toxaphene (chlorinated camphene); 2.3. other compounds: 2.3.1. ethylene oxide; 2.3.2. nitrophene; 2.3.3. 1,2-dibromoethane; 2.3.4. 1,2-dichloroethane; 2.3.5. dinoseb, acetate and salts; 2.3.6. binapacryl; 2.3.7. captafol; 2.3.8. dicofol containing less than 78 % p.p.l-dicofol or more than 1 g/kg DDT and other compounds similar to DDT; 2.3.9. maleic acid hydrazide and its salts, except choline, potassium and sodium salts; 2.3.10. maleic acid hydrazide choline, potassium and sodium salts containing more than 1 mg/kg free hydrazide expressed as acid equivalent; and 2.3.11. quintozene containing more than 1 g/kg HCB or more than 10 g/kg pentachlorobenzene. Prime Minister A. Šķēle Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 2 2 Minister for Agriculture A. Kalvītis