Act on Agro-pesticides Management Article 18

The central competent authority may perform safety assessment over the registered agro-pesticides; if an agro-pesticide endangers the human health or pollutes the environment, the central competent authority shall announce restrictions on its usage or its scope of application according to the actual necessity or declare it to be prohibited agro-pesticide and annul the agro-pesticide permit.The central competent authority may perform effect assessment over the use and scope of registered agro-pesticides; if the effect is not obvious and there are no safety problems mentioned in the preceding Paragraph, the central competent authority may make a public notice to restrict the use and scope of application in whole or in part.For the agro-pesticides, the permit of which is annulled or the use and scope of which are restricted as specified in the preceding two Paragraphs, if it is proven by scientific method that the reason for annulment or restriction has been eliminated, the central competent authority may make a public notice to recover the registration or cancel the restriction.