Plant protection products; application for authorization for use on public land

Plant protection products can be used in public areas, such as parks or cemeteries, by qualified persons if they have been approved for this purpose by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.

Antrag auf Genehmigung der Anwendung eines zugelassenen Pflanzenschutzmittels in einem mit der Zulassung festgesetzten Anwendungsgebiet zur Anwendung auf Flächen, die für die Allgemeinheit bestimmt sind

This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.

Street address

Bundesallee 51
38116 Braunschweig

Postal address

Postfach 1564

38005 Braunschweig

Mehr zur Behörde

The use of plant protection products should be minimized as far as possible in areas that are used by the general public.
These areas include, for example

Public parks and gardens,
green spaces in publicly accessible buildings,
publicly accessible sports grounds including golf courses,
school and kindergarten grounds,
playgrounds,
cemeteries and
Areas in the immediate vicinity of healthcare facilities

If you are a qualified person, you can only use certain plant protection products on these areas after obtaining approval from the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).
You can obtain approval if

the plant protection product is already authorized and an extension of the authorization is only applied for this specific application and
there is a public interest in the application and
the examination shows that the plant protection product has no harmful effects on the general public due to its chemical properties when used properly and as intended.

Excluded from authorization are plant protection products that

are classified in certain hazard classes or
which are endocrine disruptors for humans.

There is a public interest in the use of the plant protection product.
The test shows that the plant protection product has no harmful effects on the general public due to its chemical properties when used properly and as intended.
The plant protection product is not classified in one of these statutory hazard classes:
- Carcinogenicity, category 1A or 1B or category 2
- Germ cell mutagenicity, category 1A or 1B or category 2
- Reproductive toxicity, category 1A or 1B or category 2
- Effect on or via lactation
- Respiratory sensitization, Category 1
- Skin sensitization, Category 1
- serious eye damage, category 1
- Acute toxicity, category 1, 2 or 3
- Specific target organ toxicity, Category 1 or Category 2
- Skin corrosion, categories 1A, 1B or 1C
- Aspiration hazard, category 1
The pesticide is not endocrine disrupting for humans.

Required document/s

Apart from the application form, you do not need to submit any other documents.

You must submit a written application for approval. Proceed as follows:

Open the BVL website and download the "Application for approval of the use of an authorized plant protection product in an area of application specified in the authorization for use on areas intended for the general public".
Complete the application on your computer, print it out, sign it and send it to the BVL by post or e-mail (200@bvl.bund.de).
The BVL will check your application.
You will receive an approval or rejection by post.

EUR 10,200 to EUR 23,500

You do not have to comply with any deadlines for the approval.
The approval is valid for as long as the main approval of the plant protection product.