National Profile - UNITAR

Law on the restriction of
use of plant protection
products
National Profile
MLR 17.12.1990
Law Gazette p.
426
Regulation competent authority where to find the
regulation/date
Administrative provision of
the Ministry for Rural
Spaces concerning the
recognition of inspection
sites and the testing of plant
protection equipment used
in extensive cultivation
MLR 29.06.1993
Law Gazette,
p. 501, corrected
p. 671
4.3 Voluntary agreements with the chemical industry
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Further restriction of the use
of plant protection products in
the private sphere
content
Prerequisites for the
performance of inspections of
plant protection equipment
A number of voluntary, self-imposed obligations exist for the chemical industry in
the Federal Republic of Germany. Some of them are listed here as examples.
However, these agreements can only supplement state control in the area of
chemicals management, and not replace it. These self-imposed obligations do not
apply to companies which are not affiliated to the particular industry association.
4.3.1 At national level
• "Reduction in the use of CFCs as propellant gases in sprays"
1977 - 1999
• "Voluntary review of existing chemicals used in the chemical industry"
since 1982
• "Early fulfilment of obligations relating to the reduction of emissions from large
furnaces (above all in NRW and Baden-Württemburg)"
1983 - 1st of July 1988
• "Voluntary agreement on the complete substitution of asbestos in products
used in building construction"
13th of March 1984 - end of 1990
• "Dispensing with the use of alkyl phenol ethoxylates (APEO)"
since the 14th of January/22nd of January 1986
• "Code of conduct for the chemical industry in connection with the export of
dangerous chemicals"
since March 1986
• "Self-imposed obligation on the part of the paint industry with regard to the
reduction of the solvent and heavy-metal compound parts in lacquers and
paints"
May 1986 - 1989