Plant protection products

Electronic submission of applications for plant protection products

Applications can be submitted via the following email address: secret.div1@health.fgov.be. The email must clearly state all the information with reference to any attachment. Additional information can be submitted as an attachment to the e-mail or via another channel (e.g. a cloud system). Dossiers submitted electronically no longer need a submission in writing.

Authorisation procedure

Specific applications

Specific products

Active substance

News

New active substances for the Emission Reduction Plans for plant protection products in surface water in Belgium

07/04/2021
Crop ProtectionReduction Plan

This year flufenacet, metazachlor, terbuthylazine and dimethenamid-p were selected as the active substances to monitor in order to reduce the concentration of problematic plant protection products in surface water.

Read more

We have a new address from 1 March 2021

18/02/2021
Crop ProtectionPhytolicenseFertilising productsReduction Plan

We will be moving on 1 March 2021. Our address changes but our other contact details remain the same.

Read more

Notification to the Belgian Poison Centre: update of the instructions

08/12/2020
Crop Protection

We have updated the guidelines for the notification of plant protection products to the Poison Centre, including information on the UFI code.

Read more

Cumulative exposure to residues in food: initial risk assessment by EFSA

19/05/2020
Crop Protection

On April 29, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published the results of a first research on the risk to the consumer from exposure to reidues of diverse plant protection products via food. Based on the first cumulative risk assessment, there is no reason to modify existing authorisations or to revise the current maximum residue limits for individual substances.

Read more

The operation of our service during the corona crisis

26/03/2020
Crop ProtectionPhytolicenseFertilising products

Due to the measures of the corona crisis, we, like most other Belgians, work from home. This means that we only work electronically and that needs some adaptation.

Read more

Reaction on the European Parliament resolution of 16 January 2019 on the Union authorisation procedure for pesticides

18/02/2020
Crop Protection

On 16 January 2019, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the authorisation procedure for pesticides in the European Union. Our department has analysed the recommendations to the Member States.

Read more
All news