# Professional lawn herbicide and farm products: check the exact authorised use

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Reviewed: 2026-10-29

## Malta pesticide register: find the exact product and proposed use

To check authorised pesticides in Malta, start with the exact commercial product and authorisation reference on the container. Find its status category and crop or use description, then read the corresponding label. Search the categories for professional products, non-professional products, adjuvants, revoked products and grace-period entries in the combined register. Use those categories to find the right document, then check the current status of your intended use.

Use [FSSA](https://fssa.gov.mt/) to resolve an unmatched product reference or a newer decision. The accessible combined database is a June 2026 snapshot containing pesticide and adjuvant sections. Check the printed update dates and the matched product’s status before use.

Do not search only by the active substance. Match commercial product names and authorisation numbers in their own columns, then compare the active-substance names and concentrations. A substance may help locate a group of entries without identifying the pack in front of you.

In the professional-product section, compare active substances, concentration, product type, formulation, authorisation holder, authorisation type, administrative status, crops or uses, packaging and expiry information.

Open the label linked from the matched product name. Compare its product identity, proposed crop and application method with the pack.

The label states the batch number and production date, and names the person responsible for final packaging and labelling. Check the batch number, production date and quantity on the pack against the label, and keep the first-aid advice and safe-disposal instructions where the person applying the product can reach them. If the product came with a leaflet, keep it together with the label.

Search the European Commission’s EU Pesticides Database for active substances, maximum residue levels and emergency authorisations. Use the Maltese register for the finished commercial product.

A plant-protection product requires authorisation in the Member State where it is placed on the market or used, subject to the regulation’s exemptions. Match the product and intended use to its Maltese authorisation.

### Keep the scope of each decision visible

For a professional product, compare the authorisation type, holder, administrative status and expiry information. Identify zonal authorisation, mutual recognition or a parallel-trade permit where that is the printed route. Write the Maltese product reference next to the active ingredient and concentration in your notes.

When several containers share a brand family, compare formulation suffixes, pack sizes and label identities individually. Write the purchase and treatment dates next to each commercial reference, so that an older pack can be told apart from a replacement formulation.

Review the UPDATES section for renewed authorisations, extended expiries and revised labels. Match the authorisation number in each amendment to the corresponding product row. If a label has been replaced, keep the new one with its date, and keep the old one too if it explains earlier work.

## Product name and label: what the register shows for named products

A search for a product name followed by the word label, such as Confidor label, Decis label, Quadris label, Sivanto label or Dursban label, is answered in two steps. First find the name in the register and read its status. In the authorised lists the label is opened from the product name. A revoked row carries the reason instead, for example that the authorisation expired.

The table shows what the 3 June 2026 snapshot lists for the names farmers ask about most. Compare the authorisation number and the holder on your pack with the row before you rely on a name, because the same name can sit in several lists under different authorisations.

| Product name | Active substance | Where the 3 June 2026 snapshot lists it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aliette | fosetyl-aluminium (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Altacor | chlorantraniliprole (insecticide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Ampligo | lambda-cyhalothrin (insecticide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Chikara 25 WG | flazasulfuron (herbicide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Cuprofix C Dispers | copper from Bordeaux mixture (fungicide and bactericide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Decis Evo, Decis Trap | deltamethrin (insecticide) | Professional use, authorised; the older Decis and Decis Jet authorisations are revoked |
| Eagle | cypermethrin (insecticide) | Professional use, authorised; the same name also appears in the grace-period and revoked lists under other authorisations |
| Emerald 40 EW | tetraconazole (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised; an earlier authorisation under the previous holder is revoked |
| Fontelis | penthiopyrad (fungicide) | Grace-period list |
| Nimrod 250 EW | bupirimate (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Ranman Top | cyazofamid (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised; the 2012 authorisation is revoked as expired |
| Rodeo Plus | glyphosate (herbicide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Score 25 EC | difenoconazole (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Serifel | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI 600 (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Sivanto Prime | flupyradifurone (insecticide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Taegro | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain FZB24 (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised and in the grace-period list |
| Teldor Plus | fenhexamid (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised |
| Topas 10 EC | penconazole (fungicide) | Professional use, authorised; Topas 100 EC is revoked as expired |
| Captoside | captan | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| Confidor 200 SL, Confidor AL, Confidor 200 O-TEQ | imidacloprid | Revoked: expired or withdrawn |
| Custodia Ultra | azoxystrobin | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| Cyren 44 EC | chlorpyrifos | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| Dursban | chlorpyrifos | Revoked on 13/08/2019 because of human health concerns identified by EFSA during the review of chlorpyrifos |
| Equation Pro | cymoxanil | Revoked: withdrawn at non-renewal |
| Karathane Star | meptyldinocap | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| Mesurol 200 SC | methiocarb | Revoked: withdrawn at non-renewal |
| Penncozeb DG | mancozeb | Revoked: withdrawn at non-renewal |
| Quadris 50 WG | azoxystrobin | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| Reglone W | diquat | Revoked: withdrawn at non-renewal |
| Scala | pyrimethanil | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| Sencor 70 WG | metribuzin | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| Signum | boscalid | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| TM 50 WG | thiram | Revoked: authorisation expired |
| Vertimec 018 EC | abamectin | Revoked: authorisation expired |

Fontelis, Taegro and Eagle also appear in the grace-period list; the row gives the dates for sale and for disposal or use. Folpet is an active substance in the grace-period list and in revoked products such as Metomor F and Sesto, so search it by product name and read the row.

For names not in the table, such as Luna, Zampro, Orondis Ultra, Presidio, Tramat, Shark, Falcon, Garlon, Fiesta, Panther, Defendor, Gazelle, Lebaycid, Mirador, Nealta, Saprol, Endeavor, Agrimek, Image, malathion, prometryn, triforine, bensulide or foramsulfuron, the method is the same: search the product name in each list and compare the active substance in its own column. If no row matches the pack in front of you, take the product name and authorisation number from the pack to [FSSA](https://fssa.gov.mt/).

### Nealta miticide label: look the name up, then read the pack

Nealta is one of the names above that is not in the table. For a Nealta miticide label, start from the product name and authorisation number printed on the pack you hold. Search the name in each FSSA list, compare the active substance in its own column with the pack, and read the crop and use shown in the row. Take the dose and crop from the row and the pack, not from an online listing; if no row matches the pack, ask FSSA before you apply it.

## Pesticides for fruits and vegetables and other crops: search the register by crop

The common pesticides used in farming are grouped in the register by type, such as herbicide, insecticide and fungicide, and each row names the crops or uses it is authorised for. Pesticides sprayed on crops are therefore found by crop first and by product second: search the crop you grow, then check the type and the active substance.

For pesticides for fruits and vegetables the rows show how different the crop lists are. Sivanto Prime, an insecticide, lists apple and pear, table and wine grapevines, olive and potato. Score 25 EC, a fungicide, lists sugar beet, apple and pear, asparagus, carrot and cauliflower among its crops. A product authorised for one of these crops is not authorised for the others unless its row names them.

The professional-use list holds the plant protection products that only professional users may use, so a pro pesticide is a product found there. Products for non-professional use are in a separate list. The certificates of professional users are covered in the section below.

## Withdrawn pesticides in Malta: separate sale dates from use-up dates

For a withdrawn pesticide, check the applicable decision for separate deadlines for sale and for storage, disposal or use. Start with the exact product and authorisation reference. Find the matching revoked-product or grace-period entry and read each deadline in its own date column. Check the exact authorisation and decision dates.

A Member State may grant a grace period when an authorisation is withdrawn, amended or not renewed. Use the deadlines in the decision applying to that product and authorisation.

The register gives the explanatory text and reason for revocation against each dated product reference. When you ask about status, say which activity you mean: buying, selling, distributing, storing, disposing of or using the product. Do not copy a date from a neighbouring row: similar references can have different reasons and conditions, and not every activity has the same deadline.

Access to the WasteServ commercial civic amenity sites depends on vehicle category, and all waste must be separated and sorted beforehand. Before you arrange delivery, describe the waste exactly to WasteServ (unopened concentrate, opened concentrate, diluted mixture, empty contaminated packaging or absorbent) and ask what they accept and what packaging, separation or transport they need.

## Agricultural pesticide types: what the names tell a Maltese grower

An agricultural pesticide used as a weed killer is a herbicide. MCPA identifies a herbicide substance in the product register. When you compare products, look at formulation, crop use and target organism, and file each product's name and authorisation reference with the invoice.

The active ingredient performs the pesticide’s intended function. A formulation also contains ingredients with other roles, including solvents and surfactants. An adjuvant changes handling or performance. If you add one separately, record it next to the finished product.

Pesticide categories identify targets: algaecides target algae; fungicides target fungi; herbicides target unwanted plants; insecticides target insects. Miticides, also called acaricides, target mites. Molluscicides target molluscs, while nematicides target nematodes. Insecticides may kill, repel or disrupt growth. Larvicides target the larval stage. Check the commercial formulation separately.

Botanical pesticides originate from plants. Broad-spectrum products affect a range of organisms. Insect growth regulators interfere with development, while entomopathogenic fungi infect insects or related arthropods. Concentrates require preparation according to their instructions. Read these descriptions together with the target category and the formulation.

Preemergence and postemergence refer to weed emergence. Preventive or protectant fungicides prevent fungal development. Plant growth regulators affect growth, flowering or seed formation. Find the organism and the stage of development named in the use instruction.

Adjuvants enhance the effectiveness or other pesticidal properties of a plant-protection product when mixed with it. Safeners reduce phytotoxic effects on specified plants; synergists enhance active-substance activity. Note these roles separately from what the herbicide targets.

## Professional lawn herbicide: assess the actual Malta amenity site

A professional lawn herbicide is authorised only for the crops or uses written in its Maltese authorisation. Work out the turf site, the target weed and the actual use, and do not borrow the entry of a crop.

A golf green, sports pitch, ornamental lawn, nursery area and paved edge are different settings. Tell the supplier the actual surface and what you want to solve: a diagnosed disease, a named insect, an unwanted plant. A general word such as "amenity" is not a substitute for the crop or use wording in the authorisation.

Give [FSSA](https://fssa.gov.mt/) the product reference and actual turf site if the proposed use cannot be matched to its Maltese authorisation.

Follow the environmental restrictions and application method on the label for the exact turf use.

For agricultural beneficiaries, conditionality inspections cover pesticide storage, application equipment, operator protection and records. Check these arrangements together with the product's authorised use.

### Read the formulation abbreviations beside the product name

The formulation describes the preparation supplied, while the active-substance concentration describes its contents. In the formulation field, tell suspension concentrates, soluble concentrates and emulsifiable concentrates apart, and copy the printed abbreviation exactly when you compare a pack with its authorisation row. Also compare the authorisation holder and the pack sizes.

For a replacement pack, compare all these fields again. Record the product name, reference, formulation and label version together, keep an earlier decision with the stock it applies to, and date any newer status answer for the same reference.

## Malta pesticide user certificates: check the June 2027 extension

PPP professional-user and distributor certificates that expired or were due to expire on or before 30 September 2026 remain valid until 1 June 2027. Certificates expiring after 30 September 2026 are excluded. Compare the expiry date printed on your certificate with that cutoff before you plan renewal or explain its status to a supplier.

Keep a copy of the [Government Gazette notice of 3 July 2026](https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Government%20Gazette/Notices/Pages/2026/07/Notices0307.aspx), which sets out the extension, with the certificate. For an individual training, renewal or application question, use [FSSA](https://fssa.gov.mt/) and provide the certificate identity and date. Certificate holders must continue to meet the applicable conditions, restrictions and safe-use requirements.

Keep the professional-user or distributor certificate apart from the product authorisation and the sprayer inspection certificate, and note each document's own reference and validity date.

## Next step

Take the product reference, proposed use and any certificate question to [FSSA](https://fssa.gov.mt/). Keep the matching label and status decision together.