International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides


(Revised Version)
adopted by the Hundred and Twenty-third Session of the FAO Council in November 2002

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, 2003

ISBN 92-5-104914-9

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Preface

Text of the Code

Article 1. Objectives of the Code
Article 2. Terms and definitions
Article 3. Pesticide management
Article 4. Testing of pesticides
Article 5. Reducing health and environmental risks
Article 6. Regulatory and technical requirements
Article 7. Availability and use
Article 8. Distribution and trade
Article 9. Information exchange
Article 10. Labelling, packaging, storage and disposal
Article 11. Advertising
Article 12. Monitoring and observance of the Code

Annexes

Annex 1. International policy instruments in the field of chemical management, environmental and health protection, sustainable development and international trade, relevant to the Code
Annex 2. FAO Council Resolution 1/123: Revised Version of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides

References

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