Coalition For A Healthy Ottawa

Sweden's pesticide regulatory policy
is available in English at:

http://www.kemi.se/upload/Forfattningar/docs_eng/K98_8_eng.pdf

"The Chemical Products and Biotechnical Organisms Regulations." KIFS 1998:8, Part 6, including Chapters 14 to 19, plus some of the Appendices, deal with pesticides particularly.

Contents of Regulations (the headings), Page 3

PART THREE

GENERAL PROVISIONS ON CHEMICAL AND BIOTECHNICAL PRODUCTS
Chapter 3. Packaging and storage of chemical products dangerous to health and the environment
Chapter 4. Safety Data Sheets
Chapter 5. Investigation surveys of chemical products
Chapter 6. Notification of new chemical substances
Chapter 7. Reports to the Products Register

PART FOUR

PARTICULAR PROVISIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND GOODS
Chapter 8. Permit requirements
Chapter 9. Other limitations
Chapter 10. Limitations according to Directive 76/769/EEC
Chapter 11. Provisions on cleaning products and detergents according to Directives 73/404/EEC and 73/405/EEC
Chapter 12. Gas containers according to Directive 90/396/EEC

PART FIVE

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
Chapter 13. Genetically modified organisms

PART SIX

PARTICULAR PROVISIONS ON PESTICIDES
Chapter 14. Area of application
Chapter 15. Approval of pesticides
Chapter 16. Knowledge requirements for using certain pesticides
Chapter 17. Packaging and labelling of approved pesticides
Chapter 18. Information on amounts of approved pesticides
Chapter 19. Requirements on bodies conducting effectiveness tests of plant protection products

APPENDICES

Appendix 1 Information to the Products Register
Appendix 2 Certain goods containing cadmium
Appendix 3 Certain goods containing mercury
Appendix 4 Labelling of goods containing asbestos
Appendices 5-8 Active substances in pesticides.

Appendix 9 Sale and use prohibitions for pesticides
Appendix 10 Danger symbols for labelling of pesticides

Some of the appendices are missing in the English version. Although Appendix 9 is referred to on this website:

http://www.kemi.se/templates/Page____3542.aspx

(see page 56, section 5 of The Chemical Products and Biotechnical Organisms Regulations KIFS 1998:8 ), it is not included at the above url [though it was formerly available with English headings in 2002].

They mention (in English) lists of pesticides prohibited by Sweden from 1988 to 1999:

Under "particular Provisions on Pesticides" on page 56, it states: "Pesticide products which are no longer approved Section 5 (in Chapter 15) A pesticide product which is no longer approved may no longer be marketed or supplied by the person who last held the approval, unless otherwise decided in a specific case by the National Chemicals Inspectorate. Other persons may not market, supply or use such a product after the dates given in Appendix 9."

Only four Appendices are listed, though, in this updated English pdf document.