Tyrol Plant Protection Products Law 2012. Country/Territory Austria Territorial subdivision Tirol Document type Legislation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Landesgesetzblatt für Tirol, Text No. 56, 14 June 2012, pp. 145-160. Long titleLaw regulating the use of plant protection products. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Basic legislation Plant production Plant protection Pesticides Data collection/reporting Registration Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Law lays down provisions relating to the use of plant protection products. The purpose of the Law is to regulate measures for the sustainable use of pesticides to protect plants and plant products against harmful organisms, taking into account the general principles of integrated pest management, good plant protection practice and the precautionary principle. The text – consisting of 28 articles –deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: sphere of application, purpose, definition of terms, transfer of data, general requirements for the use of plant protection products, safety measures for the use of plant protection products, daily register, Plant protection devices, protective clothing, protective equipment, user, duty to give information, limitation of use, transfer of tasks, supervising authorities, sampling, tests measures, sequestration, duties of entitled person and user, penalties, deadline,reference to other legal provisions, authorities, entry into force . Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Repeals Tyrol Plant Protection Products Law 2006. Legislation | Austria | 2006 Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant production, Plant protection, Pesticides, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX