The impact of the legislative proposals regarding Plant Protection Products authorisation

• Autores: E. Jones
• Localización: Phytoma España: La revista profesional de sanidad vegetal, ISSN 1131-8988, Nº 203, 2008, págs. 17-18
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • The European Union is in the process of deciding on new legislation to amend Directive 91/414 which is currently regulating the placing on the market of Plant Protection Products (PPPs). The review programme of products ingredients authorizations which was set by Directive 91/414 has already brought the number of available active substances down from 1,000 in 1993 to around 500 today, while further losses are expected from the current third and fourth stages of the evaluation. Next to this, the substantial changes included in the proposal for a new authorization process of PPPs have raised the alarm in the farming and agrochemical industry. Initial evaluations have showed worst case scenario resulting in the ban of up to 80 % of pesticides in general, and up to 90 % of insecticides used in agriculture today.

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