Labelling of plant protection products

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Plant protection products must be labelled in accordance with both the EU Plant Protection Products Regulation with its associated labelling regulation and the EU CLP Regulation. The two regulations apply in parallel.

Labelling under the EU Plant Protection Products Regulation

All plant protection products under the EU Plant Protection Products Regulation must be labelled in accordance with the regulation and fulfill the requirements in the labelling regulation for plant protection products. Annex I of the labelling regulation states the information that must be included in the labelling of a plant protection product. This includes information about the authorised areas of use, conditions of use and dose rate. The information in the labelling included in the decision of the Swedish Chemicals Agency for an authorisation of a plant protection product must be in accordance with the decision.

Should the space available on the package be too small to contain the required information, then part of the information may be stated on a leaflet accompanying the package. Such a leaflet is included in the labelling and regarded as part of the label.

Companies placing plant protection products on the market shall ensure that the products are labelled correctly. The user of a plant protection product shall always comply with the conditions specified in the labelling.

Labelling under the CLP Regulation

Plant protection products that are authorised under the EU Plant Protection Products Regulation must be classified, packaged and labelled in accordance with the CLP Regulation. This means that a plant protection product shall be labelled according to both the CLP Regulation and the EU Plant Protection Products Regulation and its associated labelling regulation.

The labelling according to the CLP-regulation shall inform about the hazardous properties of the product and how you as a user is to protect your health and the environment when using it. Information about hazardous properties is also important to enable a choice of product.

Read more about about classification, labelling and packaging under the CLP Regulation

Information in e-commerce

According to rules in both the CLP-regulation and the EU Plant Protection Products Regulation there is certain information you must include when advertising and marketing plant protection products on the internet.

When selling plant protection products via the internet, you are required to inform the customers about the hazardous properties of the product. The information shall be presented on the web-page where the product is marketed, so that the customers receive this information before purchasing. Also, the advertisement for a plant protection product shall include the following text: "Use plant protection products safely. Always read the label and product information before use".

Information that can be misleading about the hazards of the product may not be used in advertising. Examples of that are "non-toxic", "harmless", "natural", "environmentally friendly", or similar.

Read more about e-commerce

The content of the labelling

In order for a plant protection product to be sold or transferred in Sweden, the labelling must be in Swedish.

The brochure "The labelling of plant protection products" states which information must be included in the labelling, and gives illustrations of different forms of labelling.

Read more in the brochure Labelling of plant protection products

Find the rules here

The Plant Protection Products Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and the associated Labelling Regulation (EU) No 547/2011

The CLP Regulation – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

The Pesticide Fees Ordinance (2014:425) (in Swedish) External link.

Last published 28 November 2023