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Manual on Development and Use of FAO Specifications for Plant Protection Products

Fifth edition

prepared by the Group on Specifications of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Specifications, Registration Requirements and Application Standards and Prior Informed Consent

January, 1999

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CONTENTS

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Membership of the Group on Specifications and its advisers, 1997-1998.............................................. i Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................... iv Terms of reference of the Group on Specifications............................................................................. v Policy statement on procedures for handling unpublished proprietary pesticide data ............................ vi Declaration ...................................................................................................................... vii Background to the development of FAO specifications for pesticides.................................................viii

1. Introduction to FAO specifications for pesticides, their development, purpose and use ............................................................................................................... 1.1 Membership of the FAO Group on Specifications ............................................1 1.2 Liaison with other internationalorganizations....................................................1 1.3 Participation by the Pesticide Industry ...............................................................2 1.4 Purpose and use of specifications .....................................................................3 1.5 Access to FAO specifications.............................................................................52. The process of developing FAO specifications......................................................... 2.1 Categories of specification and their status ......................................................6 2.2 Meetings and functions of the Group on Specifications ...................................6 2.3 Confidentiality of Information...............................................................................7 2.4 Procedure for the development of FAO Pesticide Specifications ..................8 2.5 Publication...........................................................................................................10 2.6 Review .................................................................................................................10 2.7 Datarequirements for new specifications or extension of specifications .....11 2.8 Acceptance of analytical and physical test methods ......................................11 3. Aims, applicability, and requirements of specification clauses.........................13 3.1 Title and code......................................................................................................14 3.2...