2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS
CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides
ARTICLE 16 - The Interim Data Gap Exemption for Qualified Federally Registered Pesticides
Section 13162.

Universal Citation:
CA Food & Agri Code § 13162 (2025)
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13162. The director may issue a certificate of interim registration allowing the sale and use of a pesticide that otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The certificate stipulates which of the California data requirements listed in Section 13163 are being deferred for completion during the time of interim registration.

(b) The certificate stipulates a period of time, not to exceed three years, for each deferral determined by the director as reasonably sufficient for the generation, submission, and review of the data.

(c) The certificate stipulates any limitations on the use of the pesticide that the director may deem appropriate pursuant to Section 13166 or on the sale of the pesticide.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 963, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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