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Table 5.1 Registration periods of carbofuran products in selected countries of the European Union
and the rest of Europe

First date of
registration

Last date of
registration Country Source

Austria unknown 13/12/2007 See Section 5.4

Belgium 01/10/1975 13/12/2007 Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne

alimentaire et Environnement
www.health.fgov.be

Croatia unknown 13/12/2007 See Section 5.7

Czech Republic a 1972 13/12/2007 State Phytosanitary Administration of the

Czech Republic
www.src.cz

Germany 1972 b 2005 Federal Offi ce of Consumer Protection and

Food Safety (BVL)
Department of Plant Protection Products

Hungary 1973 13/12/2007 Central Agricultural Offi ce of Hungary

Malta 01/12/2005 13/12/2007 Regulatory Affairs Directorate, Foodstuffs,

Chemicals, Pesticides and Cosmetics Unit,
Malta Standards Authority
www.msa.org.mt

Netherlands a 30/09/1994 13/12/2007 Board for the authorisation of plant

protection products and biocides
www.ctgb.nl

Portugal 19/06/1981 13/12/2007 DSPFSV/Divisão de Homologação e de

Avaliação Toxicológica,Ecotoxicológica,
Ambiental e da Identidade de Produtos
Fitofarmacêuticos
www.dgadr.pt

Sweden 20/01/1999 31/12/2005 Pesticides and Biotechnical Products Divi-

sion, Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI)
www.kemikalieinspektionen.se

Switzerland Ca. 1973 Still registered for

some uses, as plant
protection product

Federal Offi ce of Public Health, Division
of Chemical Products
www.blw.admin.ch

Five carbofuran products registered for use at different times, all Furadan formulations, more information available
from editor upon request.
b

a

Before 1968, an authorisation was not compulsory for the marketing and use of plant protection products and it is
therefore possible that such products may have been on the German market before the fi rst authorisation was granted
in 1972.

noted, was allowed for scientifi c purposes) will come under new review in 2011, and a decision is
expected to be made within the year (Swiss Federal Offi ce for Agriculture, personal communica-
tion, 2011).
In this context, 'revocation' refers to loss of approval of the sale, supply and advertising of a
product, 'expiration/expiry' is the date on which an approval ends, and 'withdrawal' refers to the
removal of an approved product from the market, mostly (but not always) by the approval hold-
ers themselves (UK Chemicals Regulation Directorate, personal communication, 2011). After a
revocation has been issued and the grace period has elapsed, the fate of the remaining stocks
of carbofuran products becomes ambiguous. The allocated grace period and management of remaining
carbofuran products varies between EU Member States/European countries. In Sweden, for example,