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EU amended conditions for buprofezin and oxyfluorfen approval
Mar. 3, 2017
The European Commission has announced to amend conditions for approval of the insecticide/acaricide, buprofezin, and the herbicide, oxyfluorfen, from 21 June 2017.
The EC states that only uses as insecticide and acaricide on non-edible crops, buprofezin may be authorised.
Member states were required to pay particular attention to:
- the operators' and workers' safety and ensure that conditions of use impose the use of adequate personal protective equipment where appropriate,
- the application of an appropriate waiting period for rotational crops in greenhouses,
- the risk to aquatic organisms and ensure that conditions of use impose adequate risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.
Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.
For oxyfluorfen, only uses as herbicide for banded applications close to ground from autumn to early spring may be authorised, at a rate not exceeding 150 g active substance per hectare, per year.
Member states must pay particular attention to:
- operator safety and ensure that conditions of use impose the application of adequate personal protective equipment where appropriate,
- the risks to aquatic organisms, earthworm-eating mammals, soil-living macro-organisms, non-target arthropods and non-target plants.
Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures such as no-spray buffer zones and drift reducing nozzles and shall provide for respective labelling of plant protection products. Those conditions shall include further risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’
Any grace period granted by member states for these two substances shall be as short as possible and shall expire by 21 June 2018 at the latest.
Source: EUR-Lex
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