Application and evaluation fees: plant protection products and active substances
Introduction
The following fees apply to individual application types.
When you submit an application you will be invoiced for the appropriate total fee. If your application is subject to a detailed technical sift the fees applicable will be applied in stages reflecting the validation check, detailed technical sift and evaluation stage, although you will only be issued with one invoice. Additional fees may also be applied mid evaluation where additional data or a case is required and accepted.
The figures below are for information only.
Fees for plant protection product stream applications
Application fees
Withdrawal |
£104 |
Sift |
£229 |
Co-ordination – (all standard technical stream applications) |
£1,872 |
Parallel co-ordination, only for applications to Northern Ireland |
£728 |
Extension of Authorisation for Minor Use – (Charged per risk assessment area based on crop). |
£1,768 |
Admin authorisation |
£156 |
Task – (applicable to admin blanket applications for identical changes which affect 15 or more products. A 'sift' fee and an 'Admin authorisation' fee is charged for the first product, a 'Task' fee is then charged for each subsequent product. For more information read our guidance on 'Change of authorisation holder) |
£52 |
Administrative Trials Permit |
£52 |
Commenting on draft protocols |
£416 |
Pre-submission meetings |
£5,200 |
Evaluation fees
Label check |
£208 |
Parallel import verification – Northern Ireland only (charged for each source and appeals procedure requested) |
£208 |
Reasoned cases (all risk assessment areas) |
£416 |
Chemistry data |
£780 |
Residues data |
£780 |
Toxicology data |
£780 |
Operator (Non-Dietary Human) Exposure data |
£780 |
Ecotoxicology data |
£1,872 |
Fate & behaviour data |
£1,872 |
Efficacy (effectiveness/crop safety) data |
£1,872 |
Standalone MRL/Import Tolerance – full human health assessment |
£16,224 |
Standalone MRL/Import Tolerance – metabolism and residues data |
£6,760 |
Standalone MRL/Import Tolerance – residues data only |
£2,028 |
MRL supplementary information – analytical method for MRL compliance |
£416 |
MRL supplementary information – metabolite toxicology data |
£3,120 |
MRL supplementary information – plant or livestock metabolism or nature of residue data |
£6,760 |
MRL supplementary information – residues (including magnitude of residue and monitoring) data |
£2,028 |
Official recognition
Initial inspection |
£2,080 |
Renewal |
£2,080 |
Re-inspection |
£1,560 |
Fees for active substance applications
The appropriate Band will be determined following the resource estimate at the applications sift.
A full data package comprises the complete dossier to support one or more representative use of one product. Where a data package also contains a large number of extra study reports submitted to refine risk assessments, to characterise metabolites or to support additional uses of the product, these studies will be treated as an additional partial data package. HSE will notify applicants of the appropriate fee before starting the evaluation.
For more information - Plant Protection Products (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 No. 254 (legislation.gov.uk)
Core data (new active substances, synergists, safeners, basic substances and renewal of existing active substances)
Completeness Check |
£5,200 |
Evaluation of core dossier |
£114,400 |
Co-ordination of independent scientific advice, commenting, public consultation and finalisation of the assessment report |
£36,400 |
Partial dossier (new active substances, synergists, safeners, basic substances and GB active substance renewal)
Band 1 |
£7,800 |
Band 2 |
£15,600 |
Band 3 |
£31,200 |
Band 4 |
£52,000 |
Band 5 |
£72,800 |
Band 6 |
£93,600 |
Band 7 |
£114,400 |
Biological and pheromones (core)
Evaluation: Bio pesticides including Plant extracts |
£23,400 |
Evaluation: Pheromones |
£13,520 |
Co-ordination of independent scientific advice, commenting, public consultation and finalisation of the assessment report |
£7,800 |
Biological partial dossiers
Band 1 |
£5,720 |
Band 2 |
£11,700 |
Band 3 |
£17,680 |
Band 4 |
£23,400 |
Pheromone partial dossiers
Band 1 |
£3,380 |
Band 2 |
£6,760 |
Band 3 |
£10,140 |
Band 4 |
£13,520 |
Pre-submission meetings
Meeting before the submission of an application for a new active substance, safener or synergist, biocontrol and pheromone applications or renewal of an existing active substance (associated plant protection product applications can also be discussed at such pre-submission meetings). |
£5,200 |