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Register a new trade name product
Application forms and guidance to register a new product or renew registration.
General registration forms and guidelines
- Agricultural chemical product data sheet guidance [PDF, 347 KB]
- Agricultural chemical product data sheet template (ACVM 1-3) [DOCX, 729 KB]
- Agricultural chemical registration information requirements [PDF, 322 KB]
- Agricultural Chemical Registration guidance document [PDF, 536 KB]
- E-files for ACVM applications guideline [PDF, 384 KB]
- Registration of an ACVM trade name product form (ACVM 1) [DOC, 480 KB]
- Labelling agricultural chemicals [PDF, 377 KB]
Specific information for registration
Biosecurity
- Biosecurity approval of imported ACVMs guideline [DOCX, 84 KB]
- Biosecurity summary of information provided form [DOCX, 2.2 MB]
Chemistry and manufacturing
- Chemistry and manufacture of agricultural chemicals [PDF, 895 KB]
- Chemistry and Manufacturing Information for Agricultural Chemicals – Q&A [PDF, 131 KB]
Data assessment
Data protection
- Identification of confidential information for data protection form (ACVM 1DP) [DOCX, 338 KB]
- Protection of confidential information about ACVM trade name products guideline [PDF, 383 KB]
Equivalence and cross-reference
Efficacy
- Efficacy of Urease/Nitrification Inhibitor Products [PDF, 365 KB]
Microbial products
- Microbial agricultural chemicals [PDF, 401 KB]
Residues
- Residue data for agricultural chemical registration – Guidance [PDF, 502 KB]
- Residue data for agricultural chemicals – Q&As [PDF, 183 KB]
- Maximum residue levels (MRLs)
Registration renewal
Get a provisional registration or research approval
Application forms and guidance.
- Provisional registration in New Zealand information requirements [PDF, 91 KB]
- Provisional registration product data sheet template (ACVM 21) [DOC, 492 KB]
- Research approval information requirements [PDF, 91 KB]
- Research approval template (ACVM 22) [DOC, 495 KB]
- Research standard [PDF, 36 KB]
- Operating plans: see below under ‘Non-registration documents’
Vary an existing registration
Forms to vary your registration.
- Application to vary the registration of an agricultural chemical trade name product (ACVM 1V-AC) [DOCX, 127 KB]
- C1-C3 Change in chemistry and manufacturing information (ACVM 84) [DOCX, 145 KB]
- C4/C5 Change crops, species, diseases, conditions form (ACVM 12) [DOC, 706 KB]
- C6/C7 Change dose regime, application rate, timing, method form (ACVM 13) [DOC, 691 KB]
- C8 Change withholding period form (ACVM 14) [DOC, 679 KB]
Non-registration documents
Includes operating plans, class determinations, special circumstances approvals.
ACVM export certificate
Certificate of compliance request form ACVM 78 (July 2024) [DOCX, 69 KB]
Adverse event reporting
Antimicrobial resistance
Class determination and exempt products
- Class determination request form [DOCX, 131 KB]
- Class determination request guideline [DOCX, 99 KB]
- Obligations under the ACVM Regulations guideline [PDF, 418 KB]
- Products regulated under the ACVM Act guideline [PDF, 465 KB]
- Regulation of ACVM products in New Zealand overview [PDF, 322 KB]
Data assessor information and templates
Fees
- Estimated fees for ACVM regulatory assessment of agricultural chemicals [DOCX, 82 KB]
- Fees for ACVM regulated and discretionary services [DOCX, 76 KB]
- Revocation of waiver of fees, charges and levies for agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines
Fertilisers
Import declaration form
- Declaration imported product not to be sold or used as an agricultural compound form (ACVM 22) [DOCX, 74 KB]
Manufacturing, sale, and use
- Advertising registered ACVM products guideline [PDF, 267 KB]
- Agricultural chemicals label rates position statement [PDF, 354 KB]
- Approval to import/sell incorrectly labelled ACVM product form (ACVM 16) [DOC, 374 KB]
- Chemistry and manufacture of agricultural chemicals [PDF, 895 KB]
- Advertising and own use guidance for compounds for management of disease in beehives - Guidance [PDF, 558 KB]
- Labelling agricultural chemicals [PDF, 377 KB]
- Management of Sheep Grazing in Vineyards or Orchards Contaminated with Hexachlorobenzene – Guidance [PDF, 163 KB]
- Position on the change from a nil to a 1-day withholding period for agricultural chemicals [PDF, 112 KB]
- Separating off portions of registered trade name products policy [PDF, 65 KB]
- Position on pasture claims – label and residue information for agricultural chemical products [PDF, 112 KB]
Maximum residue levels (MRLs)
Notices under the ACVM Act
Operating plans
- Operating plans relevant to the ACVM Act guideline [PDF, 126 KB]
- Operating plan template for RTTOs (ACVM 26) [DOC, 678 KB]
- Operating plan application form for RTTOs (ACVM 26A) [DOCX, 277 KB]
- Operating plans for RTTOs guideline [PDF, 157 KB]
Reassessment
- Organophosphate/carbamate reassessment [PDF, 246 KB]
Risk management
- Post-ACVM authorisation risk management overview [PDF, 446 KB]
- Risk management under the ACVM Act overview [PDF, 269 KB]
Special circumstances approvals
- Approval to import ACVM product in special circumstances information guideline [PDF, 297 KB]
- Approval to import ACVM product in special circumstances form (ACVM 3) [DOC, 770 KB]
Revocation of waiver of fees, charges and levies for agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines
