Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 on the Placing of Plant Protection Products on the Market. European Implementation Assessment

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Series Details April 2018
Publication Date 2018
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This European Implementation Assessment found that the above objectives, while largely relevant to real needs, are not being achieved in practice. In particular, implementation of the main instruments of the regulation – substance approval, plant protection products authorisation and enforcement of the regulatory decisions taken in the frame of the approvals and authorisations, is problematic, which also affect other related EU policies.

Nevertheless, despite the implementation challenges observed, stakeholders – including national competent authorities, health/environment NGOs, manufacturers of substances and plant protection products and their users (farmers) – agree that the EU is the appropriate level at which regulatory action in the field of pesticides (used in plant protection products) should continue to take place.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://dx.publications.europa.eu/10.2861/632821
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European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, April 2018: Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 on the Placing of Plant Protection Products on the Market. European Implementation Assessment http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/615668/EPRS_STU(2018)615668_EN.pdf
European Commission: Food Safety: Plants: Pesticides https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides_en

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