Pesticides and chemistry

Keeping a spray record

All professional users of plant protection products must keep a spray record on an ongoing basis. This applies to the agricultural industry, golf courses, minicipalities, gardeners, etc.

Notify the Product Registry of hazardous substances and materials

Companies that produce or import hazardous chemical substances and materials for professional use in Denmark in quantities above 100 kg per year, must notify the products to the Product Registry.

Get an overview of the cases in which your company should submit a poison notification. Here you can submit a poison notification if your company manufactures, uses, imports or resells toxic substances and/or mixtures.

Professional operator of pesticides (Fertiliser Sample Expert) (temporary provision and establishment)

You must have a spraying certificate if you conduct pest management for others as a business or independently or as a sub-contractor conduct pest management as an employee in an enterprise. An application for a must be submitted to the Danish EPA.

Rat control (temporary provision and establishment)

If you wish to work as a rat controller in Denmark, you must have an authorisation issued by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Reporting of sales of pesticides

Companies that have an approval of a pesticide are obliged to report the annual quantity sold to the Danish EPA, cf. section 42 of the Statutory Order on pesticides.

Reporting of spraying record

Farmers, gardeners, producers of christmas trees, etc. above a certain size must report each year their total consumption of pesticides in the SJI system. The Danish EPA collects the records and sends them to the EU

The Danish EPA's Authorisation System for the Use of Pesticides - MAB

The company can approve or reject attachments of authorisations and buy permits to sell toxic and very toxic pesticides

Vermin controller (temporary provision and establishment)

People using gas for vermin control in Denmark must be authorized by the Danish EPA and registered in the Danish database for users of plant protection products (MAB).

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