Plant Protection Products

Quality legal advice

from plant protection

lawyers in relation

to pesticides

A leading plant protection products lawyer will always be on hand to advise and assist your company through the regulatory process required for the approval of the active substance in your pesticides (‘Plant Protection Products’ ‘PPP’), authorisation, registration, placing your PPP on the market, use and control of your PPP. Your Plant Protection Products may be chemical or biological substances used in agriculture, horticulture or in home gardens.

Plant protection products are 'pesticides' that protect crops or desirable or useful plants. A 'pesticide' is a product that prevents, destroys, or controls a harmful organism ('pest') or disease, or protects plants or plant products during production, storage and transport. The registration and use of PPPs are regulated and controlled. Pesticides include ‘control pests, weeds and diseases’ in the form of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, molluscicides and plant growth regulators.

Our Plant Protection Products solicitors will navigate your company through the regulatory process as your PPP can only be used, sold, supplied or stored if authorised. An expert PPP solicitor will advise your company on your dossier and evaluate your test data and studies for the application of authorisation to the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD).

Our Plant Protection Products solicitors will advise and assist your company with the classification of your product including borderline products.

Despite the benefits of Plant Protection Products, they are chemicals and therefore their use is regulated.

Our PPP lawyers will advise and assist your company in connection with the the strict conditions laid down in the law over use of PPP at all stages of the 'life-cycle' of these products.

Our Services

Approval	Advice on the preparation of the dossier for approval of the active substance in your PPP Evaluation of tests data and studies Advice on the data requirements Negotiate with the competent authority on your behalf Evaluation of whether your PPP is compliant or non-compliant. New active substance applications Renewal of approval of active substances
Authorisation	Advice on the preparation of the dossier for the PPP as only authorised products can be marketed Application to the CRD Advise and assist if full authorisation not achieved and restricted authorisation or authorisation rejected Registration of the PPPs Authorisation of generic plant protection products
Commercial Contracts	Collaboration Agreements Joint Ventures Licensing Agreements Mergers & Acquisitions R & D Agreements
Generics	Permits for experiments or tests for R&D Authorisation (see above) R&D Agreements
Intellectual Property	Chemical and Biological Plant Patents Intellectual Property Protection in relation to the Patenting of PPPs IP Assignments IP Licensing IP Strategies Diagnostic Patents Patent Litigation Plant Variety
Labelling and Packaging	Evaluation of Labelling and Packaging of Active Substances and Mixtures Evaluation of PPP Labels and Claims
Licensing	Cross Border Transactions IP Licensing Licensing of PPPs Licensing Agreements
Manufacturing and Supply of PPPs	Manufacturing and Supply Agreements Cross Border Transactions Due Diligence Sale and Acquisition Mergers and Acquisitions Regulatory Requirements
Regulatory Compliance	Advice and assistance with Approval of the active substance Advice and assistance with Authorisation of PPPs Registration of Active Substance Registration of PPPs
Renewals	Advice and assistance with applications to renew products after the renewal of an active substance
Research and Development	Research & Development Agreements