Article 2

Council Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances · European Union

For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply: 1. Plant protection products Active substances and preparations containing one or more active substances intended: 1.1. to destroy organisms harmful to plants or plant products or to protect them from such organisms, in so far as such substances or preparations are not defined in the following provisions; 1.2. to, influence the life processes of plants, other than as a nutrient; 1.3. to preserve plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to special Council or Commission provisions on preservatives; 1.4. to destroy undesired plants; or 1.5. to destroy parts of plants or to prevent undesired growth of plants. 2. Substances Chemical elements and their compounds, as they occur naturally or by manufacture. 3. Preparations Mixtures or solutions composed of two or more substances, or of micro-organisms or viruses used as plant protection products. 4. Active substances Substances, micro-organisms and viruses, having general or specific action: 4.1. against harmful organisms; or 4.2. on plants, parts of plants or plant products. 5. Plants Live plants and live parts of plants, including fresh fruit and seed. 6. Plant products Products, in the unprocessed state or having undergone only simple preparation such as milling, drying or pressing, derived from plants, but excluding plants themselves as defined in point 5. 7. Harmful organisms Pests of plants or of plant products, which belong to the animal or plant kingdoms, or which are viruses, mycoplasmas or other pathogens. 8. Animals Animals belonging to species normally nourished and kept or consumed by man. 9. Placing on the market Any transfer of possession, whether in return for payment or free of charge. 10. Environment The relationship of human beings with water, air, land and all biological forms.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-31 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.