---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 162.156"
title: "40"
number: "162.156"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/162.156"
---

# §162.156. General requirements.

- (a) **Requirements for distribution and use.**
  - (1) Any product whose State registration has been issued in accordance with §§ [162.152](/cfr/40/162.152.md) and [162.153](/cfr/40/162.153.md) may be distributed and used in that State, subject to the following provisions of the Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder:
    - (i) **Sec.** 12(a)(1) (A) through (E), in accordance with:
      - (A) **Sec.** 2(q)(1) (A) through (G).
      - (B) **Sec.** 2(q)(2) (A) through (D).
    - (ii) **Sec.** 12(a)(2) (A) through (G) and (I) through (P).
  - (2) A product or use classified by a State for restricted use under [§ 162.153(g)](/cfr/40/162.153.md?p=g) may be used only by, or under the direct supervision of, an applicator certified under a plan approved by EPA in accordance with [sec. 4](/cfr/40/4.md) of FIFRA.
  - (3) State registrations which are not issued in accordance with § [162.152 (a)](/cfr/40/162.152.md?p=a) and [(b)(2)](/cfr/40/162.152.md?p=b-2) (i), (ii) and (iii) are not authorized by [section 24(c)](/cfr/40/24.md?p=c) and are not considered valid for any purposes under FIFRA. When the Administrator determines that a registration is invalid, the Administrator shall notify the registering State that the registration is invalid, and may specify the reason for the invalidity.
- (b) **Establishment registration requirements.** No person may produce any pesticide, including any pesticide registered by a State under [section 24(c)](/cfr/40/24.md?p=c), unless the establishment in which it is produced is registered by the Administrator in accordance with [sec. 7](/cfr/40/7.md) of FIFRA and [40 CFR part 167](/cfr/40/part167.md).
- (c) **Books and records requirements.** All producers of pesticides, including those producers of pesticides registered by States under [sec. 24(c)](/cfr/40/24.md?p=c), must maintain records in accordance with the requirements imposed under [sec. 8](/cfr/40/8.md) of FIFRA and [40 CFR part 169](/cfr/40/part169.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136v, 136w.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 2014, Jan. 7, 1981, unless otherwise noted.