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EC published roadmap for evaluation and fitness check of EU pesticide legislations
Nov. 23, 2016
The European Commission has published a roadmap for evaluation and fitness check of EU legislation on plant protection products and pesticides residues (Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 396/2005).
The evaluation will assess the implementation and the functioning of the EU legislation on plant protection products and pesticides residues in all 28 Member States. For plant protection products, the evaluation will encompass the timeframe starting from the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in June 2011 until 30 June 2016. Information available at the time of the preparation of the Commission proposal for the Regulation on placing on the market of PPP will also be assessed. For pesticides residues, the evaluation shall encompass the timeframe starting from September 2008, when Regulation (EC) 396/2005 started to be fully applicable due to the entry into force of Regulation 2008/149, until 30 June 2016. Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides will not be considered for the purpose of this evaluation as will be object of a separate evaluation in the future.
For plant protection products, the topics concerned by the evaluation are the issues for which, according to the legislation, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council, i.e.
• mutual recognition of products authorisations,
• the functioning of the zonal system,
• the functioning of the comparative assessment of plant protection products containing candidates for substitution,
• the application of the criteria for approval, including “cut-off” criteria;
• the effects of the provisions concerning data protection of studies involving vertebrate animals.
In addition, the evaluation will cover the implementation and functioning of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 with regard to the following areas for which difficulties have been identified such as lack of harmonised implementation, high administrative burden, lack of clarity of the rules, difficulties to ensure compliance or enforcement or a need for adaptation to technical and scientific progress:
• Approval and renewal procedure (including application of the “cut-off” criteria),
• Renewal of authorisations,
• Placing on the market of treated seeds,
• Emergency authorisations,
• Approval of basic substances,
• Approval of low risk substances,
• Minor uses,
• Labelling of plant protection products,
• Definition of plant protection products,
• How the goal of competiveness of the European agriculture and improvement of agricultural production is taken into account in this legislative framework,
• Transparency and confidentiality,
• Role of scientific peer-reviewed open literature in the assessment of active substances.
This part of the evaluation will consider both the Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as well as the implementing rules setting out data requirements for substances and products, uniform principles for authorisation of PPPs, labelling requirements for PPPs and outlining the procedures for the renewal of substances.
Read more here.
Source: European Commission
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