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In the 60’ of the XX century the Plant Protection Institute organized registration of plant protection products in Poland and for many years was responsible for it. The paper presents the history of registration and the most important issues regarding the expected changes in future. At present there is about 880 plant protection products registered and about 280 active substances are available in Poland. After EU accession in the years 2004–2010, 31 new active substances in 51 plant protection products were introduced on the Polish market and registered mostly for cereals and other major agricultural crops. There were no new active substances for most minor crops protection introduced.