This Law prescribes all necessary standards and rules governing the: authorization, placing on the market, use and control of plant protection products; placing on the market and control of active substances; maximum residue levels; equipment for use of products; exchange of information related to products, production of products, register of legal and civil entities involved in production and placing of products on the Macedonian market; requirements for authorizations of the organs responsible for the implementation, monitoring and control of this Law.
The production of products, general issues for the authorization for the placing on the market, good laboratory practice (GLP), the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure (PIC) for certain hazardous substances and pesticides in international trade, classification, packaging and labelling of all products, besides the provisions of this Law are also regulated by the provisions aimed to rule over the hazardous substances and chemical preparations.
Wastes of products, and the packages of the used products, and the state of release of products into environment, if not regulated by this Law, are being regulated by the provisions on environment protection.
The transport of active materials and plant protection products is also regulated by the provisions for transport of hazardous materials.
This Law is divided into 15 Chapters and 89 articles, including offences and related penalties.