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PESTICIDE POLICY IN PERSPECTIVE |
| Until 1971 |
Standardardization of improted pesticides |
| 1971 |
Promulgation of Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance(APO) |
| 1973 |
Framing of Agricultural Pesticide Rules |
| 1980 |
Subsidy abolished and Trade Shiftedto Private Sector |
| 1992 |
Introduction of Liberalized Import Policy |
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REGISTRATION
CELL |
| Functions |
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1-Registration
of pesticides under the Agricultural Pesticides
Ordinance, 1971.
2- Regulation of import, manufacture,
formulation, refilling/repacking, sale, use & advertisement
of pesticides.
3- Convening meetings of the
Agricultural Pesticides Technical Advisory Committee & Sub-committees.
4- Coordination with Federal
and Provincial Governments , Private Sector and International
Organizations.
5- Quality check of pesticides. |
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INTERNATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS |
1- Rotterdam Convention
on Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous
Chemicals and Pesticides (signatory since 1992) Director General – DNA (Designated National Authority)
2- Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutant (POPs) (signatory since 2001)
3- Basel Convention on the Control
of Transboundry Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
(signatory since 1994)
4- Montreal Protocol on Substances
Depleting Ozone Layer (ratified on 18.12.1992) |
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TYPES
OF PESTICIDE REGISTRATION |
| FORM-1 |
UNDER TRADE NAME |
| FORM-16 |
UNDER GENERIC NAME |
| FORM-17 |
REGISTERED ABROAD |
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REGISTRATION
UNDER TRADE NAME |
FORM-1
1- Applications are submitted
on prescribed Form-1 along with samples.
2- Efficacy trials at different
Federal / Provincial research institutes for two crop seasons
by at least two research institutes.
3- Approval by the Agricultural
Pesticides Technical Advisory Committee. |
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REGISTRATION
OF PESTICIDES NOT HAVING A TRADE NAME |
GENERIC
(FORM-16)
1- 62 pesticides notified under
the generic scheme
2- Application on prescribed
Form-16 along with sample
3- Sample analysis. |
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IMPORT
PERMISSION OF PESTICIDES REGISTRED |
IN
THE COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE |
FORM-17
1- Registration in the country
of manufacture.
2- Must be in extensive use
in any member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) or China. |
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PESTICIDES
REGISTERED |
| Brand Name |
|
Form-1 |
472 |
| Generic Name |
|
Form-16 |
1585 |
| Registered Abroad (Brand) |
|
Form-17 |
977 |
| Total |
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|
3034 |
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CONSUMPTION
OF PESTICIDES (1982 to 2003) |
