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Syngenta’s isopyrazam approved by EU
Nov. 14, 2012
The European Commission announced that Syngenta’s new fungicide isopyrazam (IZM) been approved by EU recently, the formal approval will be effective on April 1st, 2013. EU member states should amend or withdraw existing authorisations for products containing isopyrazam as only active ingredient or as one of several active ingredients to comply with new approval conditions of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 by September 30th 2014.
Member states shall pay particular attention to the risk to aquatic organisms, the risk to earthworms if isopyrazam is applied in the framework of no cultivation/minimum cultivation practices and the protection of groundwater when isopyrazam is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, like the exclusion of no cultivation/minimum cultivation practices, and the obligation to carry out monitoring programmes to verify potential groundwater contamination in vulnerable zones, where appropriate.
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