Amendments to law on safe use of pesticides and agro-chemicals 2017-04-17 13:15:00 Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On Amendments to Articles 1 and 9 of the Federal Law On the Safe Use of Pesticides and Agro-Chemicals. The Federal Law aims to harmonise Russian Federation legislation with the norms of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on mutual recognition of data on pesticides and agro-chemicals. The law will make it possible to implement OECD laboratory practice principles in Russian legislation.