Pesticide Registration Certificate Procedures

Category Import/Export
Picture Pesticide Registration Certificate Procedures
Summary Obtaining Pesticide Registration Certificate from the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
Description

Plant Protection Division, Department of Agriculture,

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

Procedure for Obtaining Pesticide Registration Certificate

 

Any companies (foreign or local companies) desirous to import formulated pesticide and active ingredients to control the agricultural pests or for domestic use shall apply the pesticide registration to the Pesticide Registration Board. An application in the prescribed form shall be submitted the registration as the requirements are as follow.

Step 1

Fill in the application form payable with the respective fees. The supporting documents are as follow.

  1. Completed Application form
  2. Letter of consent from the manufacturer
  3. Technical Residue data including label, toxicology, environmental fate, use pattern, efficacy data and proposed label
  4. Technical supporting documents
  5. Proposal label with English and Myanmar translation will be submitted to PRB secretary office and
  6. Formulated product in sufficient amount for carrying out supervised trials and quality control of the product
  7. 25gms of technical active ingredient or ingredients will also be submitted to the Pesticide Analytical Laboratory.

 

Step 2

The joint-secretary of Pesticide Registration Board office will check the completed application form and technical dossiers and will contribute to the respective technical members. For incorrect application, the Board office will inform the applicants for correction and resubmission.

 

Step 3

The pesticide laboratory analyzes and tests the pesticides or any active ingredient received as samples in order to conformity with the content of ingredient as claimed on the label. The companies have to pay the laboratory fees of 300,000 Kyats. The technical committee under the Plant Protection Division evaluate the technical documents.

 

Step 4

With the pesticide analytical results and the review on the technical documents, the external technical meeting shall be conducted and evaluated the result of the pesticide. According to the results of the evaluation, the results of pesticide are submitted to the Pesticide Registration Board.

 

Step 5

The Pesticide Registration Board make decision with respect to the application for the following type of registration.

  1. Experimental registration
  2. Provisional registration
  3. Full registration

 

Step 6

The joint-secretary of the PRB issues the letter to the companies to deposit the respective registration fees as follow;

  1. Experimental registration – 1,000,000 Kyats
  2. Provisional registration – 2,000,000 Kyats
  3. Full registration – 5,000,000 Kyats

 

Step 7

After the payment advice, the joint-secretary of the Pesticide Registration Board issues the registration certificate. Based on the pesticide registration certificate, the companies shall apply the import endorsement at the Plant Protection Division. The overall process will take 5 working days and the process ends here.

Forms

The following form/s are used in this procedure.

Title Description Category Agency
Application for Registration or Amendment of Registration of Pesticide (Form 1) Any companies (Foreign or local companies) desirous of importing formulated pesticide and active ingredient to control the agricultural pests or for domestic use should be apply the pesticide registration to the Joint-Secretary ofPesticide Registration Board.  An application in the prescribed form shall be submitted the registration as the requirements as follow: - (a) Fill up the application Form-1 payable with the respective fees; - Completed Application form   - Letter of consent from manufacturer  - Technical supporting documents - Proposed label with English and Myanmar translation will be submitted to PRB secretary office and - Formulated product in sufficient amount  - 25gms of technical active ingredient or ingredients will also be submitted to Pesticide Analytical Laboratory. Import/Export Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Registration or Amended Registration Certificate (Form 2) The Registration Board shall, upon decision to grant registration with respect to the application Form 1 for registration pesticide, issue a registration certificate on this Form-2. Import/Export Department of Agriculture
Application for Licence for Formulation and Sale of Pesticide (Form 3) Any person desirous of engaging in formulation and sale of pesticide locally shall apply to the  Director General ,Department of Agriculture , on this Form-3 duly filled. License Department of Agriculture
Licence for Formulation Sale of Pesticides (Form 4) Director General ,Department of Agriculture  shall upon decision to grant license with respect to the application, issue the license on Form 4. License Department of Agriculture
Application for Licence for Repacking and Sale of Pesticides (Form 5) A person desirous of engaging in repacking and sale of imported or locally produced pesticide shall apply to the Director General ,Department of Agriculture  this Form-5 duly filled. License Department of Agriculture
Licence for Re-packing and Sale of Pesticides (Form 6) Director General ,Department of Agriculture shall upon decision to grant license with respect to the application, issue the Licence for Re-packing and Sale of Pesticides in this  Form 6. License Department of Agriculture
Application for Licence for Whole/ Retail Sale of Pesticide (Form 7) A person desirous of engaging in whole or retail sale of pesticides shall apply to the respective  District Manager,Department of Agriculture on this Form-7 dully filled. License Department of Agriculture
Licence for WholeRetail Sale of Pesticide (Form 8) The respective District Manager,Department of Agriculture shall upon decision to grant license with respect to the application, issue the license on Form 8. License Department of Agriculture
Application for Pesticide Quality Analysis (Form 9) The specified quantity of the samples of imported pesticide or active ingredients shall be sent to Myanma Agriculture Service, Pesticide Analytical Laboratory for compulsory anslysis on this Form 9. The voluntary application for pesticide quality analysis of locally produced pesticides and pesticides in the hands of the license holders shall also be sent on Form 9 to the Myanma Agriculture Service, Pesticide Analytical Laboratory along with specified quantity or weight of samples taken in the manner prescribed. Import Department of Agriculture
Sampling Certificate for Quality Analysis of Pesticides (Form 10) In taking samples for the testing quality, the respective Manager or Inspector shall issue a sampling certificate on Form 10. Import/Export Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Quality Analysis Certificate (Form 11) The Myanma Agriculture Service, Pesticide Analytical Laboratory shall after analysis on the samples, issue pesticide quality analysis certificate on Form 11. Import/Export Department of Agriculture
Crop Sample Receiving Form for Laboratory Analysis (Form 13) The respective Manager or Inspector if necessary is entitled to take specified quantity or weight of samples in the manner prescribed to determine whether pesticide residue levels in harvested crops exceed prescribed limits. In taking such samples the respective Manager or Inspector shall issue sampling certificates on form 13. Import/Export Department of Agriculture
Certificate of Pesticide Residue Analysis (Form 14) On the application with Form 12, the pesticide residue analysis certificate shall be issued on form 14 after analysis. The Myanma Agriculture Service, Pesticide Analytical Laboratory shall after analysis on Form 13, issue the pesticide residue analysis certificate on Form 14 also. Import/Export Department of Agriculture