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Application Form for the Inspection of Pesticide Application Equipment

IMPORTANT NOTICE

1. Certain pesticide application equipment in professional use is subject to inspection:

The following pesticide application equipment is exempted from inspections:
1. Manually operated hand held pesticide application equipment;
2. Manually operated knapsack sprayers with a tank capacity up to a maximum of 20 litres.
All other pesticide application equipment shall be inspected at least once until the 1st January 2020.
1. Certifications issued until 1st January 2020 for powered knapsack sprayers with a tank capacity up to 7 litres and an engine power rating of up to 2Hp shall remain valid for a period of up to 5 years.
2. Certifications issued until 1st January 2020 for other powered knapsack sprayers shall remain valid for a period of up to 4 years.
3. Certifications issued until 1st January 2020 for other pesticide application equipment not mentioned in i) and ii) shall remain valid for a period of up to 3 years.
Certificate issued for inspections conducted thereafter shall remain valid as per below:
1. For powered knapsack sprayers with a tank capacity up to 7 litres and an engine power rating of up to 2Hp it shall remain valid for a period of up to 5 years.
2. For other powered knapsack sprayers it shall remain valid for a period of up to 3 years.
3. For other pesticide application equipment not mentioned in i) and ii) it shall remain valid for a period of up to 2 years.
New equipment is required to be inspected at least once within a period of 5 years after purchase.

2. Inspection for pesticide application equipment are to follow a checklist to determine the approval or disapproval of the sprayer:

If the pesticide application equipment satisfies the relevant requirements listed in the checklist, the professional user is given a certificate with a unique equipment number. The unique equipment number is given as a form of a sticker by the responsible body to be placed on the equipment.
In case of not meeting the relevant requirements, the ownwer is given not more than four weeks to repair the pesticide application equipment. MCCAA shall be notified of such extension by the responsible body of such extension to follow-up.
Point (a) and (b) apply for inspection.

3. Pesticide application equipment shall follow up inspection according to point 1(b), (c) and (d). Applicants must ensure that the pesticide application equipment is clean and free from pesticides and no apparent damage and that fixing straps are secure when brought for inspection. If these pre-conditions are not met than the inspection would not proceed. It shall be the responsability of the applicant to carry out the necessary repairs/maintenance of the equipment that fails to pass inspection. In case of failure, the applicant has to re-apply and pay the applicable fee again.

4. Certificates include minimal:

the details of the professional user,
the type of pesticide application equipment and
the unique equipment number.

5. For any other information, kindly contact the MCCAA.

6. Application form has to be submitted together with a payment fee of €15 (inclusive of VAT), which can be made by cheque, addressed to the MCCAA at the below mentioned addresses:

Director, Laboratory Services Directorate, MCCAA, Mizzi House, Blata l-Bajda, HMR9010
Experimental Farm, Triq l-Imgarr, Xewkija, Gozo

or else by bank transfers as follows:

Bank name: Bank of Valleta
IBAN number: MT14VALL22013000000040019986609
Swift code: VALLMTMT

DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT

Full name of the applicant

Address

Email address

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Please ensure that the email address is correct as it will be used for acknowledgement purposes and also to get in touch with you.

Contact no. (Tel / mobile)

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Are you a professional user registered with the MCCAA?

Identity card number of applicant

Payment method

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Bank transfer
Cheque

See point 6 in the Important Notice section

DETAILS OF THE PESTICIDE APPLICATION EQUIPMENT

Type of equipment (tick where applicable)

	Number of equipment to be tested	Brand	Year of purchase
Powered knapsack (tank capacity up to 7 litres, engine power rating up to 2Hp)	Number of equipment to be tested	Brand	Year of purchase
Other powered knapsack	Number of equipment to be tested	Brand	Year of purchase
Field-crop boom sprayer	Number of equipment to be tested	Brand	Year of purchase
Field boom sprayer	Number of equipment to be tested	Brand	Year of purchase
Bush and three crops orchard sprayer	Number of equipment to be tested	Brand	Year of purchase
Orchard sprayer	Number of equipment to be tested	Brand	Year of purchase

Note: Manually oparated hand-held pesticide application equipment, and manually operated knapsack sprayers with a tank capacity of up to a maximum of 20 liters are exempted from inspections

DECLARATIONS

Content Declaration

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I, hereby declare that the details furnished in this application are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. I undertake to inform the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA) of any changes therein, immediately in case any of the above information is found to be false, untrue, misleading or misrepresenting, I am aware that I may be held liable for it.

Data Protection Declaration

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The Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority ("the Controller") will process your personal data in accordance with the relevant provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the Laws of Malta), and for the purpose of inspecting pesticide application equipment as required in the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulations (Subsidiary Legislation 430.08 of the Laws of Malta). I am aware that this may require the disclosure of my name, address and contact details relating to my application to the Agriculture Directorate for the purpose of inspecting the equipment for the application of pesticides. The Controller will process your personal data for licensing and administrative purposes and to comply with its legal obligations. For further information on how your personal data will be processed refer to the Controllers's privacy policy.
I, the data subject, hereby consent to having the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority collect and process my personal information from this application.

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