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Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC · European Union

3.7.3. An active substance, safener or synergist shall only be approved if it is not considered to be a very persistent and very bioaccumulative substance (vPvB). A substance that fulfils both of the criteria of the points below is a vPvB substance. An active substance, safener or synergist fulfils the ‘very persistent’ criterion where: the half-life in marine, fresh- or estuarine water is higher than 60 days, the half-life in marine, fresh- or estuarine water sediment is higher than 180 days, or the half-life in soil is higher than 180 days. An active substance, safener or synergist fulfils the ‘very bioaccumulative’ criterion where the bioconcentration factor is greater than 5000.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.