Rules for Plant Protection Products
Here you can find EU legislation and national rules on plant protection products in Sweden.
Plant Protection Products Regulation
The purpose of the Plant Protection Product Regulation is to ensure a high level of protection of both human and animal health and the environment and at the same time to improve the functioning of the internal market through the harmonisation of the rules on the placing on the market of plant protection products, while improving agricultural production.
You will find the latest consolidated version of the Plant Protection Product Regulation from 21 November 2022 below. Consolidation means that the original legal act and all subsequent amendments and corrections have been brought together in a single document.
Amendments and corrections
Amendments or corrections that are not included in the latest consolidated version of the Regulation above.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/1120 External link. of 26 May 2026 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council by adding twelve co-formulants which are not accepted for inclusion in plant protection products.
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All legal acts are published in the Official Journal of the European Union in EUR-Lex, the online portal to EU law.
Additional EU rules to the Plant Protection Products Regulation
Commission Regulation (EU) No 547/2011 External link. implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards labelling requirements for plant protection products. (Last consolidated 1 July 2013).
Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/1123 External link. of 26 May 2026 laying down labelling requirements for plant protection products and repealing Regulation (EU) No 547/2011. The Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2028. (Date of entry into force not yet stated).
Commission Regulation (EU) No 546/2011 External link. implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards uniform principles for evaluation and authorisation of plant protection products. (last consolidated 21 November 2022, with new updated uniform principles)
The new updated uniform principles must be applied after 21 November 2024. Until 21 November 2024, the applicant could choose which data requirements to use. Once made, the choice can not be changed.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 External link. as regards the data requirements for plant protection products, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. (last consolidated 21 November 2022, with new updated data requirements)
The new updated uniform principles must be applied after 21 November 2024. Until 21 November 2024, the applicant could choose which data requirements to use. Once made, the choice can not be changed.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 External link. setting out the data requirements for plant protection products, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. (last consolidated 21 November 2022, with new updated data requirements)
The new updated uniform principles must be applied after 21 May 2023. Until 21 May 2023, the applicant could choose which data requirements to use. Once made, the choice can not be changed.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1487 External link. defining data requirements for the approval of safeners and synergists and establishing a work programme for the gradual review of safeners and synergists on the market (current version 2025-12-03).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 External link. implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (current version 1 April 2026, PDF)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 External link. on implementing Article 80.7 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (Last consolidated 1 July 2025, HTML).
Other EU-regulations on Plant Protection Products
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 External link. on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin.
(Last consolidated 12 May 2026)
The document is so large that it can not be uploaded (74.6 MB), but it can be viewed through the link above.
(Last consolidated 5 January 2025)
EU Directive on sustainable use of pesticides
Directive (EC) 2009/128 of the European Parliament and of the Council on sustainable use of pesticides External link. (Last consolidated 26 July 2019).
The Directive is implemented in the Swedish Pesticide Ordinance (2014:425) and in KIFS 2022:3 and in other Regulations from the Swedish Board of Agricultur and the Swedish Environmental Agency.