Technical Notifications
- 08November2018
Marketing Standards: Guideline on traceability and labelling
For traceability and labelling of fishery and aquaculture products, please refer to the current BAES Guideline.
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- 07November2018
Plant health: update of the list of invasive alien species
The Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1263 extends the list of invasive alien species of major importance.
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- 27August2018
Significant restrictions on approvals of Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam for active substances
With the implementing regulations (EU) 2018/783, (EU) 2018/784 and (EU) 2018/785, the European Commission has significantly restricted the approval of the active substances Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam. Member States must therefore amend or withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing at least one of those active substances by 19.09.2018 at the latest.
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- 06July2018
Label claims concerning efficacy in the authorization of plant protection products: ‘moderate control’ and ‘some control only’
The efficacy of plant protection products will be thoroughly evaluated in the authorization process, in addition to the other assessment areas (e.g. ecotoxicology, environmental behavior, residual behavior, and toxicology). As a matter of principle, plant protection products can only be authorized if an appropriate effect has been demonstrated for the intended use.
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- 05July2018
Emergency approvals in 2018
Emergency approvals granted in 2018 in accordance with Article 53 of Regulation (EU) No 1107/2009.
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- 11May2018
Extension of the scope of the list of gap indications
Enclosed you will find the PDF to extend the scope of the list of gap indications.
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- 15December2017
EU erteilt Glyphosat erneute Genehmigung für fünf Jahre
Per Durchführungsverordnung der EU-Kommission wird der Wirkstoff Glyphosat für weitere fünf Jahre in der Europäischen Union genehmigt. Die entsprechende Verordnung (EU) 2017/2324 sowie ergänzende Informationen dazu finden Sie hier.
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- 10October2017
Feed: Leaflet Export Confirmation for Official Veterinarians Feed Companies
The leaflet lists the documents that feed companies interested in exporting have to submit to the Federal Office for Food Safety in order to obtain an export confirmation for submission to the responsible official veterinarian.
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- 10October2017
Insects as feedstuff
Official feed inspectors have recently been increasingly confronted with issues related to the feeding of insects. The Legal Service of the Federal Office for Food Safety has therefore drawn up a guideline to help clarify all the essential legal issues relating to the use of insects as animal feed.
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- 10October2017
Feedstuffs: Amendment to the Feedstuffs Ordinance
The amendment of the Feed Ordinance was published with the BGBLA 2017 ! 2067 announced.
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