List of Guidelines for the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides

All the guidelines available or planned under this pesticide management topic are listed below. Certain older guidelines which (partly) cover the same subject will remain available until they are replaced by the new title mentioned above. Note that these may not be entirely up to date anymore with the revised Code of Conduct or relevant international conventions or recent scientific insight, and should therefore be used with caution. These guidelines are marked with an asterisk (*)

Legislation 

• Guidelines for legislation on the control of pesticides [1989]

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Policy 

• Guidance on Pest and Pesticide Management Policy Development [2010] - English, French, Spanish

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Registration - Pesticides

• Guidelines for the Registration of Pesticides [2010] - English, French, Spanish
• Manual on the submission and evaluation of pesticide residues data for the estimation of maximum residue limits in food and feed [2009]
• Guidelines on efficacy evaluation of plant protection products: Arabic [2008]
• Guidelines on efficacy evaluation of plant protection products [2006]
• Guidelines on good labelling practice for pesticides [1995]
• Initial introduction and subsequent development of a simple national pesticide registration and control scheme [1991]
• Revised guidelines on environmental criteria for the registration of pesticides (*) [1989]
• Guidelines on the registration of biological pest control agents (*) [1988]

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Registration – Application Equipment

• Guidelines on procedures for the registration certification and testing of new pesticide application equipment
  [2001] (English) (French) (Spanish)
  
• Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment, vol. 1 [2001] (English)  (French) (Spanish)
  
• Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment, vol. 2 [2001](English) (French) (Spanish)
  
• Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment, vol. 3 [2002] (English) (French) (Spanish)
  
• Guidelines on minimum requirements for agricultural pesticide application equipment, vol. 4 [2004] (English) 
• Guidelines on standards for agricultural pesticide application equipment and related test procedures, vol. 1
  [2001] (English) (French) (Spanish)
  
• Guidelines on standards for agricultural pesticide application equipment and related test procedures, vol. 2 [2001] (English) (French) (Spanish)
  

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Compliance and Enforcement

• Guidelines for quality control of pesticides [2011] (English) (French) (Spanish)
• Manual on the development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides [2010]
• FAO/WHO pesticide specifications [ongoing]
• Guidelines on compliance and enforcement of a pesticide regulatory programme [2006]
• Guidelines on the organization of schemes for testing and certification of agricultural pesticide sprayers in use [2001] (English) (French) (Spanish)
  

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Distribution and sales

• Guidelines on Pesticide Advertising [2010] English, French, Spanish
• Guidelines for Pesticide and Plant Protection Products Dealers and Traders in the Near East Region (Arabic) [ 2007]
• Guidelines to be used by trainers to train Pesticide and Plant Protection Products Traders and Dealers in the Near East Region (Arabic) [2001]
• Provisional guidelines on tender procedures for the procurement of pesticides [1994]
• Guidelines for retail distribution of pesticides with particular reference to storage and handling at the point of supply to users in developing countries (*)[1988]

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Use

• Guidelines on good practice for ground application of pesticides [2001]  (English)  (French) (Spanish)
  
• Guidelines on good practice for ground application of pesticides [2001] (English) (French) (Spanish)
  
• Guidelines for personal protection when working with pesticides in tropical climates [1990]

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Training & awareness

• Guidelines on organization and operation of training schemes and certification procedures for operators of pesticide application equipment [2001] (English) (French) (Spanish)
  

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Prevention & disposal of obsolete stocks

• The Preparation of Inventories of Pesticides and Contaminated Materials [2010] 
• Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides (EMTK) - Volume 1 [2009]
• Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides (EMTK) - Volume 2 [2009]
• Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides (EMTK) - Volume 3 [2011]
• Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides (EMTK) - Volume 4 [2011]
• Guidelines on management options for empty containers [2008] English, French, Spanish
• Baseline study on the problem of obsolete pesticide stocks [2001]
• FAO Training Manual for inventory taking obsolete pesticides [2001]

• Assessing soil contamination: a reference manual [2000]

• Guidelines for the management of small quantities of unwanted and obsolete pesticides [1999]

• Disposal of bulk quantities of obsolete pesticides in developing countries [1996]

• Prevention of accumulation of obsolete stocks [1995]

• Pesticide storage and stock control manual [1995]

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  Post surveillance registration

• Guidelines on developing a reporting system for health and environmental incidents resulting from exposure to pesticides [2010] English, French, Spanish
• Guidelines on post-registration surveillance and other activities in the field of pesticides [1988]

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Monitoring and observance of the Code of Conduct

• Guidelines on monitoring and observance of the revised version of the Code [English – 2006], [French - 2008], [Spanish – 2008]

In July 2008, the Pesticide Management Group sent out to all Member Countries a "Monitoring Report" questionnaire, responses to which will assist the Organization in identifying problems and issues related to pesticide management at national and regional level, and that will also help to track trends in the use and management of pesticides.

• Regular monitoring report – 2008 [2010]

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Harmonized glossary

The Glossary of Terms and Definitions used in the guidelines in support of the Code of Conduct contains all definitions applied in the Code itself plus any additional definitions which have been used in (more recent) guidelines.

• Glossary of Terms and Definitions for the guidelines in support of the Code of Conduct [continuously updated]