International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides

(Revised Version)

(adopted by the Hundred and Twenty-third Session of the FAO Council in November 2002)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2002 III

Contents

• Preface
• Text of the Code
  • Article 1. Objectives of the Code
  • Article 2. Terms and definitions
  • Article 3. Pesticide management
  • Article 4. Testing of pesticides
  • Article 5. Reducing health and environmental risks
  • Article 6. Regulatory and technical requirements
  • Article 7. Availability and use
  • Article 8. Distribution and trade
  • Article 9. Information exchange
  • Article 10. Labelling, packaging, storage and disposal
  • Article 11. Advertising
  • Article 12. Monitoring and observance of the Code