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
There are no amendments or corrections that are not included in the latest consolidated text of the Regulation above.
Find legal acts in EUR-Lex
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) 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. (consolidated 24 May 2018)
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, but may be applied voluntarily already now. If the new updated data requirements according to regulation (EU) No 284/2011 are used, the new updated uniform principles must also be applied. The applicant can until 21 November 2024 choose which data requirements they want to use, but need to be consistent and cannot change their choice once made.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 545/2011 External link. implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for plant protection products data requirements. (11 June 2011. No longer in force).
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. (consolidated 17 September 2015)
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 data requirements must be applied after 21 November 2024, but may be applied voluntarily already now. If the new updated data requirements are used the new updated uniform principles according to regulation (EU) No 546/2011 must also be applied. The applicant can until 21 November 2024 choose which data requirements they want to use, but need to be consistent and cannot change their choice once made.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 544/2011 External link. implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for active substance data requirements. (11 June 2011. No longer in force).
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. (consolidated 17 November 2014)
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 data requirements must be applied after 21 November 2024, but may be applied voluntarily already now. The applicant can until 21 November 2024 choose which data requirements they want to use, but need to be consistent and cannot change their choice once made.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1487 External link. of 29 May 2024 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 (Published 29th May 2024. Entry into force 19th June 2024.
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 (Last consolidated 1 March 2025)
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 26 May 2025, HTML).
Other EU-regulations on Plant Protection Products
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on maximum levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin External link.
(Last consolidated 12 May 2025)
The document is so large that it can not be uploaded (74 MB), but it can be viewed through the link above.
Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics on agricultural input and output External link. (in force from 1 January 2025).
Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides External link.
No longer in force. Last date of validity 31 December 2024. Repealed by Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics on agricultural input and output.
(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.
Swedish legislation
Repealed but still applicable for products authorised before 1 of July, 2016.