Pesticide Regulatory Services and Requirements

• Pesticide Handlers
• Product Registration Activities
• Licensing Requirements
• Product Registration Requirements

Pesticide Handlers

1. Importer
2. Importer/Trader
3. Exporter
4. Distributor
5. Repacker
6. Formulator
7. Supplier
8. Local Subsidiary
9. CCA Treatment Plant
10. Lorsban Recycling Plant
11. Sub-Area Distributor of Chlordane
12. Dealership

Product Registration Activities

1. Product

• Category 1 & 2
• Category 3 & 4

1. Active Ingredient

• Category 1 & 2
• Category 3 & 4

• Full Registration/Renewal (3 years validity)
• Contidional Registration/Renewal (annual1y)

Licensing Requirements

1. Duly accomplished and notarized application form (original copy)
2. For:
• Corporation/Partnership-copy of SEC Registration
• Cooperative-copy of CDA Registration
• Single Proprietorship-copy of Certificate of Registration of Business Name with the DTI
3. Copy of latest Income Tax Return and Financial Statement
4. For Distributor/Area Distributor:
• Distributorship Agreement/Certification from the pesticide supplier
• Recommendation from the FPA Provincial Officer
5. For Sub-Area Distributor of Chlordane:
• Certification from Chlordane supplier
• Inspection report from FPA Provincial Officer
6. For Indentor-copy of contract with Manufacturer/Supplier
7. For Formulator/Repacker/CCA Treatment Plant/Lorsban Recycling:
• Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) from DENR
• Production process/flow chart
• Recommendation/inspection report from FPA Provincial Officer
• Written authority to repack/formulate from the supplier
• Pre-licensing inspection report by the Pesticide Audit Team
8. Registration of Pesticide Warehouse/s
9. Xerox copy of Responsible Care Officer (RCO)/Accredited Responsible Care Officer (ARCO) ID
10. Product registration of pesticide to be sold
11. License fee

Product Registration Requirements

Any person may file for registration of a pesticide; which must be in prescribed form addressed to the Authority and under oath, containing complete and detailed information.

Only local companies registered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to do business in the Philippines and duly licensed by FPA may apply for registration of pesticide products. For purposes of these guidelines, a local company is a juridical person created under the Philippine law and licensed to do business in the country. Companies operating in the Philippines under PD 218 are excluded in this definition. Foreign suppliers or companies registered under the SEC as regional liaison offices (PD 218) are not allowed to register the products. In pesticide, the applicant registrant should be the distributor or the local subsidiary of a foreign-based pesticide company.

A separate application shall be filed for each formulated product and active ingredient as well as for each source of the active ingredient.

A complete application, submitted in duplicate, consist of:

1. Form for registrant of an Active Ingredient (P-012) or registration of a Pesticide Product (P-022)
2. Complete data required to support the registration requested as specified in Section III of the Guidelines, particularly Table 3.3 on Data Requirements, with a certificatin that they comply with good scientific practice, GLP's and test protocols.
3. A summary of the data submitted and an applicant's assessment of how these data support registration for the purpose, uses and directions for use in the label.
4. Proof of registration in other countries were relevant.
5. Dummy label text.
6. A sample of the material to be registered must be submitted prior to registration unless the applicant presents convincing reason to FPA as to why these should not be submitted at that time. The following must accompany an application: 1 g. analyticial grade of the active ingredient(s), 10 g. technical material and 500 ml or 0.500 kg of the formulation.
7. Reviews of data done by other countries or international organizations, if available.
8. The appropriate fee.
9. Any Authorization necessary to cite previously submitted data.
Data must be submitted in the standard 8.5 x 14 paper, indexed and bound separately, i.e. on folder for each of the following sets of data: Specifications; Bioefficacy; Toxicology and Residues/Environmental Fate. The dummy label must appear as the first entry in each folder. Any additional data required must also be submitted as prescribed. Submission that do not follows these requirements shall not be accepted.