BIOCIDAL, PEST REPELLANT, PEST ATTRACTANT OR PLANT GROWTH REGULATORY ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR PREPARATIONS

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The use of compounds or preparations thereof for regulating plant growth, for pest control or for biocidal activity.

Biocidal activity and pest control includes the treatment of plants and inanimate surfaces such as materials, equipment and furniture that are not used for direct contact with food or feeding stuffs. Also included is disinfection and pest control for general hygiene purposes of animate surfaces of humans or animals wherein the effect is not intended to be medical or cosmetic, for example the treatment of parasites, lice, or ticks on humans or animals.

Pest control also includes repellants such as those used on animal or human skin.

**Glossary:** - Acaricide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying mites and ticks or making them less harmful. - Arthropodicide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying arthropods, e.g. insects, myriapods, arachnids, crustaceans or making them less harmful. - Biocide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, or mitigating any living organism (e.g., plant, animal). Examples of a biocide are: acaricide, arthropodicide, fungicide, insecticide, molluscicide, rodenticide. - Disinfectant: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, or mitigating microorganisms. - Fungicide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying moulds and fungi or making them less harmful. - Herbicide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying plant life or making it less harmful. - Insecticide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying insects or making them less harmful. - Molluscicide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying molluscs, e.g. snails, clams or making them less harmful. - Pesticide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying any pest (e.g., insects, rodents) or making it less harmful. - Plant: Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls. - Plant Growth Regulator: Materials which alter the plant or may affect plant growth through a chemical modification of the plant metabolism, such as auxins. - Rodenticide: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying rodents, e.g. rats, mice or making them less harmful.