---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 174.21"
title: "40"
number: "174.21"
heading: "General qualifications for exemptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/174.21"
---

# §174.21. General qualifications for exemptions.


A plant-incorporated protectant is exempt from the requirements of FIFRA, other than the requirements of [§ 174.71](/cfr/40/174.71.md), if it meets the exemption criteria in [paragraphs (a) through (d)](#a..d) of this section. Plant-incorporated protectants that are not exempt from the requirements of FIFRA under this subpart are subject to all the requirements of FIFRA.

- (a) The active ingredient of the plant-incorporated protectant meets the exemption criteria listed in at least one of the sections in [§§ 174.25 through 174.50](/cfr/40/174.25..174.50.md).
- (b) When the plant-incorporated protectant is intended to be produced and used in a crop used as food, the residues of the active ingredient of the plant-incorporated protectant are either exempted from the requirement of a tolerance under FFDCA ([21 U.S.C. 321](/usc/21/321.md) et seq.) as listed in [subpart W](/cfr/40/subpartW.md) of this part, or no tolerance would otherwise be required.
- (c) Any inert ingredient that is part of the plant-incorporated protectant is listed as an approved inert ingredient in subpart X of this part.
- (d) For plant-incorporated protectants listed in the subparagraphs below, the exemption applies only if the developer is compliant with the general recordkeeping requirements specified in [§ 174.73](/cfr/40/174.73.md) per sections [8](/cfr/40/8.md) and [9](/cfr/40/9.md) of FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. [136f](/usc/7/136f.md) and [136g](/usc/7/136g.md), and only after compliance with the relevant eligibility determination procedures specified in [§ 174.90](/cfr/40/174.90.md):
  - (1) **Plant-incorporated protectant created through genetic engineering from a sexually compatible plant.**
  - (2) **Loss-of-function plant-incorporated protectant.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 34776, May 31, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136-136y; 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[88 FR 34776, May 31, 2023]