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Decree No. 307/1 on the registration of biological pesticides.

Country/Territory
Lebanon
Document type
Regulation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette No. 32, 1 July 2010, pp. 4317-4319.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Pesticides Biological control agents Registration International trade
Geographical area
Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This Decree regulates the registration and the use of some biological pesticides and aims to protect the environment. The pharmaceutical companies producing biological pest control products for agriculture have to be registered at the Ministry of Agriculture. The biological products considered in this Decree are: biological products of microbial origin; pheromones imported from EU, USA, UK, Switzerland, Canada or Japan; biological products of plant origin; and beneficial organisms comprising saprophytes and invertebrate predators. The biological products of microbial or plant origin and pheromones registered in one of the listed countries are not subject to the test prior to the Lebanese registration process.

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