Notice: Consultation on the proposed agreement for data compensation under section 66 of the Pest Control Products Act for re-evaluation and special review decisions

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) invites stakeholders to comment on the “Proposed Agreement for Data Compensation under Section 66 of the Pest Control Products Act for Re-evaluation and Special Review Decisions Published before 4 December 2023″. This agreement is proposed for use in conjunction with the Pest Control Products Act and the “Regulations Amending the Pest Control Products Regulations (Protection of Test Data)” published in Canada Gazette, Part II on 23 June 2010 (the Regulations) and also as amended on 21 September 2017.

Under section 66 of the Pest Control Products Act and section 17.9 of the Regulations, a Registrant and Data Holder must enter into an agreement in the context of a re-evaluation or special review if the parties wish to follow the process specified in the Regulations to determine compensation payable for the Registrant’s use of or reliance on the Data Holder’s test data.

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The following consultation is open for comment from 10 September 2024 to 9 November 2024 (60 calendar days). Open the link below to access the document.

• Consultation on the Proposed Agreement for Data Compensation under Section 66 of the Pest Control Products Act for Re-evaluation and Special Review Decisions Published before 4 December 2023

If you would like to comment, please forward your comments to the PMRA Publications Section. Questions or comments can also be directed to the Pest Management Information Service. Please be sure to include the title of the consultation document on which you are commenting.

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Health Canada will make the results of these consultations available on the Pesticides portion of the Canada.ca website.

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Digital Products Additional resources

• Responses to comments received on the consultation on the proposed agreement for data compensation at re-evaluations and special reviews under section 66 of the Pest Control Products Act (December 2023)
• Consultation on the Proposed Agreement for Data Compensation at Re-evaluations and Special Reviews under Section 66 of the Pest Control Products Act (July 2022)
• Review of the Data Protection Program for Pesticides in Canada (December 2016)
• Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s Response to the Intersol Group Ltd. Report titled Recommendations: Administering the Data Protection Program for Pesticides in Canada
• Memorandum to Applicants and Registrants: Data Protection Submission Review Process
• Ministerial Agreement for Data Protection under the Pest Control Products Act
• Regulatory Directive DIR2010-04, Guidelines for Reliance on Proprietary Data under the Pest Control Products Regulations