Russian State Duma passes law centralizing pesticide registration oversight

The State Duma approved legislation transferring the operational management of pesticide and agrochemical registration trials from the Ministry of Agriculture to a subordinate state-owned enterprise (FGUP). While the Ministry retains final regulatory and decision-making authority, the move shifts technical assessment responsibilities to a specialized entity. It remains unclear if this change will accelerate registration timelines or introduce new bureaucratic bottlenecks for agricultural chemical suppliers.