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EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides: News
Introduction
This page provides an outline of latest news concerning the development and implementation of the EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides. The Strategy is comprised of four elements:
- a Regulation to replace the pesticide authorisation Directive 91/414/EEC;
- a new Sustainable Use Directive;
- a new Statistics Regulation;
- an amendment to the machinery directive (to enable certification of new spray equipment).
Authorisation Regulation and Sustainable Use Directive
The agreed Regulation to replace Directive 91/414/EEC was published by the EU on 24 November 2009 as Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC.
The agreed Sustainable Use Directive (2009/128/EC) was published at the same time as Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides.
Link to published version of Authorisation Regulation (pdf 1.22mb, 50 pages)
Link to published version of Sustainable Use Directive (pdf 806kb, 16 pages)
Summary of the Impacts of the Authorisation Regulation (pdf 244kb, 8 pages);
Information on our impact assessment can now be found under further information.
Implementation
CRD has established an implementation programme to cover the whole package. This is made up of 10 projects. Further information on Implementation of the Authorisation Regulation and Sustainable Use Directive.
Consultation on the implementation of EU Pesticides legislation (Responses to the consultation were requested by 4 May 2010, the consultation period has now ended)
Statistics Regulation
The agreed Regulation was published by the EU on 10 December 2009 as Regulation 1185/2009/EC.
The key elements of this regulation are:
- Provision of annual sales data;
- Provision of data every five years on usage on crops which are representative of those cultivated in the member state and of the pesticides used.
Link to the published version of the Statistics Regulation (pdf, 1252kb, 22 pages)
The way forward
The first year that this Regulation will apply is 2011, and the relevant data will need to be supplied to the Commission within 12 months of the end of this year.
Frequently Asked Questions on the New Regulation (1107/2009), Sustainable Use Directive and Statistics Regulation
Machinery Directive Amendment
The agreed Directive to amend Directive 2006/42/EC was published by the EU on 25 November 2009 as Directive 2009/127/EC.
It sets out standards that new equipment is expected to meet before it is placed on the market. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) led on this proposal with advice/support from HSE/CRD. A public consultation will be undertaken shortly.
Link to the published version of the Machinery Directive Amendment (pdf, 818kb, 29 pages)
Contact Details
For further information on the Thematic Strategy or the Sustainable Use Directive discussions contact Adrian Dixon (tel. 01904 455701, email adrian.dixon@hse.gsi.gov.uk).
For further information on the Statistics Regulation or the Machinery Directive replacement discussions contact Grant Stark (tel. 01904 455983, email grant.stark@hse.gsi.gov.uk).
For further information on the Authorisation Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 (the replacement for Directive 91/414/EEC) and Directive 2009/128/EC (the Sustainable Use Directive) contact CRD's information section (tel. 01904 455775), email pesticides@hse.gsi.gov.uk.
A summary of the impacts of the Authorisation Regulation 1107/2009 (pdf 244kb, 8 pages);
First impact assessment on the Authorisation Regulation (pdf 178kb, 46 pages) assessing the original proposals and Parliament’s first reading amendments.
This report is also available in French (pdf 194kb, 50 pages) and German (pdf 193kb, 48 pages).
Second impact assessment on the Authorisation Regulation (pdf 460 kb, 37 pages) taking account of the Council’s 'common position' and the second reading amendments of the Parliament's ENVI Committee.
An indicative assessment for the rest of the EU. This report is available in a French (pdf 38kb, 6 pages) and a German (pdf 50kb, 5 pages) language version.
Evaluation of the impact of the proposed revisions on wheat production in the UK (pdf 459 kb, 47 pages) by the The Food and Environment Research Agency(FERA), Defra, plus Appendix 1- Data analyses (pdf 891 kb, 30 pages), Appendix 2 - loss models (pdf 48 kb, 3 pages), Appendix 3 - WDM (pdf 342 kb, 12 pages) and Appendix 4 - Statistical analyses (pdf 332 kb, 15 pages).
An economic assessment of the impact of the Authorisation Regulation (pdf 191kb, 27 pages) by Séan Rickard, Senior Lecturer in Business Economics at Cranfield University School of Management.
An interpretation of the substances which would be caught by the approval criteria adopted in the Council's 'common position', prepared by the Swedish regulatory authority, KemI.