Significance for the use of plant protection products

For the classification of a cereal crop in the context of the authorization of plant protection products, only the sowing date is decisive as to whether a variety/crop is to be regarded as a summer or winter crop. If spring cereals are sown as winter cereals in the fall or early winter, the winter cereals indication applies. This means that the use of plant protection products that are approved for use on winter cereals is legal. There are neither legal nor technical concerns in this regard on the part of the scientific risk assessment of plant protection products.