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Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products

Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products. UNEP Workshop on Illegal International Traffic in Hazardous Chemicals Rocky Rowe Prague – Pruhonice, Czech Republic 6 th to 8 th November 2006. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products. Background Current situation Key Issues

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Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products

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  1. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products UNEP Workshop on Illegal International Traffic in Hazardous Chemicals Rocky Rowe Prague – Pruhonice, Czech Republic 6th to 8th November 2006

  2. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products • Background • Current situation • Key Issues • CropLife Strategy • Enforcement • Next steps • ECPA Launch Anti-counterfeit Campaign

  3. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products Background • In most countries, (developing and developed ), there are regulatory procedures governing the use of CPPs. • In addition there are international guidelines on the regulation of CPPs from OECD, WHO and FAO. • Pesticide use is admirably covered by the FAO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Pesticides.

  4. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products Background • In many business sectors counterfeiting and illegal trade is a growing problem, including pharmaceuticals, fertilisers and CPPs • Across the world the CPP industry is seeing a growth in the manufacture, distribution and use of counterfeit and illegal CPPs. • Isolated incidents have always been noticed but more and more there is a recognised, concerted and organise activity by criminal groups to defraud farmers, governments, industry and ultimately consumers.

  5. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products Current Situation • Best estimates of the global illegal market in CPPs range from 5% to 7% of global annual sales. • Certain countries and agricultural growing regions can have between 10% to 30% illegal products on the market. • Importation, distribution and delivery vary considerably depending on country.

  6. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products Current Situation • Counterfeit and Illegal CPPs fall into three main categories. • Sophisticated reproductions of legitimated branded products. • Fakes and copies containing anything from water, talc, outdated/obsolete stocks, banned or restricted materials • Illegal imports of legitimate products.

  7. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products Current Situation • Many active substances come from Asia • Large growth in manufacturing capacity • Low cost production and labour • Many a.s. do not comply with the minimum FAO specifications. • Contaminants and impurities can be highly toxic and hazardous

  8. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products Key Issues • Farmer safety and lively-hoods; acute exposure, crop damage, disposal of contaminated crops. • Food chain security, consumer health from unknown, untested residues. • Environmental protection, water contamination, endangered species, biodiversity. • Government integrity and loss of revenues - taxes. • Industry reputation and farmer confidence. • Intellectual property, patents, trademarks, data.

  9. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products CropLife Strategy • Awareness building across all stakeholders • Development of core position, key messages and communication tools • Developing alliance with likeminded industries, e.g. pharmaceutical • Leveraging available best practises from other industries. • Advocacy on improved enforcement measures, criminalisation of activity, higher penalities • Employee security • Technology solutions in packaging, labelling etc. • Coordination across regions • Global team

  10. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products Enforcement • Key to success is the ability to secure intelligence and pursue prosecutions. • Individual companies will pursue legal prosecutions • Working with major enforcement agencies will be critical for the industry. • Intergovernmental cooperation important, Asia – Europe. • Advocacy at national level for better use of existing legislation and the development of IP and piracy legislation in developing countries. Model laws. • Customs and international tracking important.

  11. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products Next Steps • Refinement of global strategy and implementation plan. • Raise awareness of the problem using health and environment issues as key hooks for political prioritisation. • Utilise the European, ECPA Anti-counterfeit project as the leading model. • Work with all major stakeholders, Governments, IGOs, Food chain, farmers, distribution chain, NGOs to develop solutions.

  12. Counterfeit and Illegal Crop Protection Products ECPA, European Crop Protection launches it anti-counterfeit campaign at the BCPC Conference in Glasgow. October 2006

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