To find out whether a plant protection product is authorised in Spain for your crop and your pest, search for it in the MAPA’s Official Register of Plant Protection Products (Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture) by trade name, active substance or registration number, and open its table of authorised uses: crop, pest, dose, pre-harvest interval and number of applications. You may only apply it for the uses listed there and under the conditions on the label. In Orcelis you have that register under Fitosanitarios › Registro oficial (MAPA), with instant search, including by common name.

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What the plant protection products register is

The Registro Oficial de Productos Fitosanitarios (Official Register of Plant Protection Products) is the list of products authorised in Spain, maintained by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA). Active substances are approved at European level under Regulation (EC) 1107/2009; then each commercial product is authorised in each country for specific uses.

That is why the useful question is not «is this product authorised?», but «is it authorised for this crop, this pest and this dose?». The answer is in its table of authorised uses.

What to check in an authorised use

Field	What it tells you
Crop	The species or crop group on which it can be applied.
Pest / agent	The organism it is authorised against.
Dose	The authorised dose or concentration, with its unit.
Pre-harvest interval	The minimum number of days between the last application and harvest.
No. of applications	How many times it can be applied per season or cycle.
Scope	Where it can be used, for example outdoors or in greenhouses.
Status and expiry	Whether the authorisation is current and until when.

In addition, some products have conditions in the register: restrictions on use, protection of the operator, of bees or of watercourses. Always read them together with the label.

How to check it with Orcelis

Orcelis includes the MAPA register under Fitosanitarios › Registro oficial (MAPA) (Plant protection › Official register). In Buscar en el registro oficial (search the official register) you can type a trade name, an active substance (for example, «azufre», sulphur) or a registration number. The table shows Producto (product), Nº Registro (registration no.), Sustancia activa (active substance), Formulado (formulation) and the number of Usos (uses).

Results of a search in Spain's official plant protection products register with product, registration number, active substance, formulation and uses

If there are many results, the first 150 are shown with a notice so you can narrow the search. Clicking a row opens the product sheet with the Titular (authorisation holder), the Fabricante (manufacturer), the Sustancias activas with their concentration, the conditions and the Usos autorizados (authorised uses) table: Cultivo (crop), Plaga / agente (pest / agent), Dosis (dose), Plazo seg. (pre-harvest interval), Aplic. (applications) and Ámbito (scope).

A plant protection product sheet with its table of authorised uses by crop, pest, dose and pre-harvest interval

Search by common name

Many products are sold under several names that share a registration number. If you type one of those names, the search finds it and shows «denominación común · ref. …» (common name · ref.) with the reference product. The uses you see are those of that reference product, which apply to both names.

Step by step

Open the register. Go to Fitosanitarios › Registro oficial (MAPA).
Search for the product. Type at least 2 characters of the trade name, the active substance or the registration number. The list updates as you type.
Open its sheet. Click the product’s row. You will see the registration number, the status, the authorisation’s expiry date, the holder and the active substances.
Check the authorised uses. In the Usos autorizados table, find your crop and your pest, and note the dose, the pre-harvest interval, the number of applications and the scope.
Cross-check with the official sheet. If in doubt, click «Ficha oficial (MAPA)» (official sheet) to open the product’s sheet on the Ministry’s website, and read the label as well.

From lookup to prescription

The register is for reference only. When you are going to treat, the Orcelis plant protection prescription uses the same register, but filtered: when you click «+ Nuevo producto» (new product) it only offers the products authorised for the crops you are treating, and you can search directly by pest. That way you avoid the most common mistake: choosing a product authorised on the crop, but not for that pest.

Frequently asked questions

What is a common name in the register?

It is another trade name under which a product is sold that shares its registration number with the reference product. Its uses, doses and intervals are those of the reference product. In Orcelis you can search by that name and it takes you to the reference product.

Can I use a product authorised on the crop against any pest?

No. Authorisation is by use: crop, pest, dose and conditions. If the combination of crop and pest does not appear in the table of uses, that use is not authorised.

What should I do if the product I’m looking for doesn’t appear?

Try another part of the name, the active substance or the registration number. If the product is not in the Spanish register (for example, because you work in another country or it is a biostimulant), in Orcelis you can add it as your own product.