List of Guidelines for the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides

 

Pesticide Legislation guidelines

•  Guidelines for legislation on the control of pesticides [1989]

 

Implementation guidelines: Registration - Pesticides

• Guidelines for the registration and control of pesticides [1985]
• Addendum to guidelines for the registration and control of pesticides [1988]
• Guidelines on the initial introduction and subsequent development of a simple national pesticide registration and control scheme [1991]
• Revised guidelines on environmental criteria for the registration of pesticides [1989]
• Guidelines on efficacy evaluation of plant protection products [2006]
• Guidelines on efficacy evaluation of plant protection products: Arabic [2008]
• Manual on the submission and evaluation of pesticide residues data for the estimation of maximum residue limits in food and feed [2002]
• Guidelines on good labelling practice for pesticides [1995]
• The Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals – FAO's past and present activities [2007]

 

Implementation guidelines: Registration – Application Equipment

• Guidelines on procedures for the registration, certification and testing of new pesticide application equipment [2001]
• Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment – Volume 1: (operator-carried) sprayers [2001]
• Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment – Volume 2: Vehicle-mounted and trailed sprayers [2001]
• Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment – Volume 3: Portable (operator-carried) foggers [2002]
• Guidelines on standards for agricultural pesticide application equipment and related test procedures – Volume 1: Portable (operator-carried) sprayers [2001]
• Guidelines on standards for agricultural pesticide application equipment and related test procedures – Volume 2: Vehicle-mounted and trailed sprayers [2001]

 

Implementation guidelines: Compliance and Enforcement

• Guidelines on compliance and enforcement of a pesticide regulatory programme [2006]
• Guidelines on the organization of schemes for testing and certification of agricultural pesticide sprayers in use [2001]
• Manual on the development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides [2002]
• FAO/WHO pesticide specifications [ongoing]

 

Implementation guidelines: Distribution and sales

• Guidelines for retail distribution of pesticides with particular reference to storage and handling at the point of supply to users in developing countries [1988]
• Pesticide storage and stock control manual [1996]
• Provisional guidelines on tender procedures for the procurement of pesticides [1994]
• Guidelines for Pesticide and Plant Protection Products Dealers and Traders in the Near East Region (Arabic) [ 2007]
• Guidelines to be used by trainers to train Pesticide and Plant Protection Products Traders and Dealers in the Near East Region (Arabic) [ 2001]

 

Implementation guidelines: Use

• Guidelines on personal protection when working with pesticides in the tropics [1990]
• Guidelines on good practice for ground application of pesticides [2001]
• Guidelines on good practice for aerial application of pesticides [2001]

 

Implementation guidelines: Training & awareness

• Guidelines on organization and operation of training schemes and certification procedures for operators of pesticide application equipment [2001]

 

Implementation guidelines: Prevention & disposal of obsolete stocks

• Provisional guidelines on prevention of accumulation of obsolete stocks [1995]
• Provisional technical guidelines on the disposal of bulk quantities of obsolete pesticides in developing countries [1996]
• Guidelines on the management of small quantities of unwanted and obsolete pesticides [1999]
• Assessing soil contamination: a reference manual [2000]
• Guidelines on management options for empty pesticide containers [2008]

 

Implementation Guidelines - Post surveillance registration

• Guidelines on post-registration surveillance and other activities in the field of pesticides [1988]
• Guidelines on developing a reporting system for health and environmental incidents resulting from exposure to pesticides [2009]

 

Monitoring and observance of the Code of Conduct

• Guidelines on monitoring and observance of the revised version of the Code [2006]
• Directives pour la surveillance et l’application du Code de conduite [2008]
• Directrices sobre el Cumplimiento del Código de Conducta y el Seguimiento de su Aplicación [2008]