Ministerial Decree No. 75622 prescribing restrictions on the use of the pesticide additive CAPTAN and its labelling. País/Territorio Grecia Tipo de documento Reglamento Fecha 1988 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 468, Part II, 7 July 1988, pp. 4432 and 4433. Materia Cultivos Palabra clave Protección vegetal Plaguicidas Envasado/etiquetado Normas Área geográphica Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Países de la Unión Europea, Mediterráneo, Europa Meridional Resumen A Decree prescribing extensively restrictive provisions related to quality and use on plants of pesticides containing the active substance CAPTAN. This decree prescribes the quality of such products in compliance with the technical specifications recommended by the FAO (in particular, "technical pure" CAPTAN quantities, must comply with the FAO Specification Code 40/1/S/5; "wet powder" CAPTAN quantities, must comply with the FAO Specification Code 40/3/S/4); it also prescribes the mandatory information to be carried on the label of such products: on the label of pesticides containing CAPTAN must appear: the phrase "Experiments' indications on guinea-pigs arouse suspicions of causing cancer"; the declaration of the solvent (50 percent WP 250 gram./100 litres of water - 83 percent WP 150 gram./100 litres of water); the toxicological classification (CAPTAN is very toxic for fishes); hazard symbols, using the appropriate graphic symbol (St. Andrew's cross) that warn of danger, together with clear and concise indications as to the degree and kind of such danger; instructions indicating crops, pests or diseases for which these products have been officially approved; safety interval, referring to the statement of the period which should elapse between the last application of the product and the harvest of plant products (e.g. for vine: 40 days; almond-tree: 30 days, apple-tree: 15 days, etc.); safety precautions, including standard statements designed to inform the user clearly how to handle the product with a minimum of hazard (e.g. protective clothes to be worn, what to do in case of contamination, etc.); first-aid instructions and antidotal measures indicating the measures to be taken in case of poisoning; information concerning the protection of the environment from harmful effects. Texto completo Griego