PESTICIDE POLICY IN PERSPECTIVEUntil 1971 Standardardization of improted pesticides1971 Promulgation of Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance(APO)1973 Framing of Agricultural Pesticide Rules1980 Subsidy abolished and Trade Shiftedto Private Sector 1992 Introduction of Liberalized Import PolicyREGISTRATION CELLFunctions1-Registration of pesticides under the Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance, 1971.2- Regulation of import, manufacture, formulation, refilling/repacking, sale, use &advertisement of pesticides.3- Convening meetings of the Agricultural Pesticides Technical Advisory Committee &Sub-committees.4- Coordination with Federal and Provincial Governments , Private Sector andInternational Organizations.5- Quality check of pesticides. INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS1- Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for CertainHazardous Chemicals and Pesticides (signatory since 1992) Director General – DNA(Designated National Authority)2- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) (signatory since 2001)3- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundry Movement of Hazardous Wastesand their Disposal (signatory since 1994)4- Montreal Protocol on Substances Depleting Ozone Layer (ratified on 18.12.1992)TYPES OF PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONFORM-1 UNDER TRADE NAMEFORM-16 UNDER GENERIC NAMEFORM-17 REGISTERED ABROADREGISTRATION UNDER TRADE NAMEFORM-1
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