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Sustainable Use of Pesticides in the EU: Directive 2009/128/EC

Sustainable Use of Pesticides in the EU: Directive 2009/128/EC. Karin Nienstedt DG for Health and Food Safety / SANTE Unit E3 June 2015. EU legislative framework. Placing on the market of plant protection products. Sustainable use of pesticides. Maximum residue levels of pesticides.

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Sustainable Use of Pesticides in the EU: Directive 2009/128/EC

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  1. Sustainable Use of Pesticides in the EU: Directive 2009/128/EC Karin Nienstedt DG for Health and Food Safety / SANTE Unit E3 June 2015

  2. EU legislative framework Placing on the market of plant protection products Sustainable use of pesticides Maximum residue levels of pesticides Collection of statistics Technical requirements for machinery

  3. Directive 2009/128/EC Implementation by Nov 2011 National Action Plans Nov 2012 (revised at least every 5 years) • Directive: national approaches in implementation + subsidiarity • "framework" Directive

  4. SUSTAINABLE USE DIRECTIVE in a Nutshell 1 Training 2 Sales 3 Awareness raising 4 Equipment NATIONAL ACTION PLANS 5 Aerial spraying 6 Aquatic environment 7 Protected areas Handling, storage, disposal 8 9 IPM

  5. Follow up on NAPs • NAPs published on SANTE's website (original and EN) • FVO report on NAPs • Exchange of information and discussion with MS delegates -September 2014 • COM Report to European Parliament and Council (Nov 2014) • information communicated by MS in relation to NAPs • methods used and • implications concerning the establishment of different targets to reduce the risks and use of pesticides • Work in progress • NAP are not to be approved by Commission!

  6. Main actions • Training • Professional PPP users, distributors and advisors get proper training • EU countries establish certification systems (Dec 2013) •  support: "Better Training Safer Food" Programme • Sales • PPP sale only by trained people (certificate) • No sale of professional PPPs to people without certificate

  7. Main actions • Inspection of equipment in use • All PAE inspected at least once by 2016, then every 5 years (after 2020 every 3 years) • Harmonised standards for inspection of PAE: EN ISO 16122 (parts 1 to 4) published in OJ (June 2015) •  support: "Better Training Safer Food" Programme • Aerial spraying is prohibited • …but derogations are possible under some conditions. Warning of residents essential.

  8. Main actions • Protection of aquatic environment and drinking water • Preference to PPPs not classified as dangerous for the aquatic environment or not containing priority hazardous substances under water-framework directive • to the most efficient application techniques (e.g. low-drift equipment) • Use of mitigation measures (e.g. buffer zones) • Reduction or elimination of applications along roads, railway lines, very permeable surfaces etc.

  9. Main actions • Integrated pest management • General IPM principles (Annex III) mandatory for professional users since 1 January 2014 (Reg. 1107/2009). • MS to guarantee conditions for IPM (e.g. information tools, advisory services) + incentives • MS to report by 2013 to COM on IPM implementation

  10. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) • IPM ≠ no pesticides • IPM = •  low pesticides input management •  pests and diseases kept at levels which are economically and ecologically justifiable •  healthy crops with least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems

  11. Main actions • Handling, storage, disposal • Recovery and disposal of PPP remnants and packaging according to waste legislation • Storage areas should prevent unwanted releases.

  12. Main actions • Information and awareness raising • Measures to inform the general public • systems to gather information on acute and chronic poisoning • Monitoring – strategic guidance under development • Minimising use or banning of PPP use in critical areas for environmental and health reasons • water, public parcs, schools, protected natural areas, etc.

  13. More info at:http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/sustainable_use_pesticides/index_en.htm

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