Plant Protection

Efficacy in Plant Protection

Introduction

Since the establishment of the company in 1989, efficacy work was a key activity at SCC. This is to summarise actual developments and to give a short review of the developments in the area of efficacy evaluation ... read more

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Efficacy Outlook

Introduction

This is an SCC outlook on the future developments in the area of efficacy evaluation of pesticides and biopesticides.

For the years to come SCC expects an increased importance of efficacy aspects in registration procedures based on chemical substances as well as microbial pesticides and other biopesticides. New national efficacy data requirements will have to be followed up closely in order to avoid problems during the evaluation process. Detailed procedures for efficacy evaluations of candidates for substitution have already been set up by EPPO PP1/271(2) and have been implemented in various national authorities for the conduct of assessments ... read more

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Efficacy requirements

Training of efficacy experts by SCC

According to SCC experience one key to success in the efficacy area is to stay in close contact to evaluators and EPPO specialists in order to be fully aware of upcoming data requirements and to be able to plan efficacy programs which are state of the art. In two pre-conference workshops to CIR Informa conferences in Barcelona in 2011 and 2012, SCC facilitated direct linkages between clients, efficacy regulators, experts of EPPO and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA). It is worthwhile to mention that ECPA managed, as advocated also by CRD, the Biological Assessment Dossier (BAD) to be kept as confidential study report one level below the dRR Section 3 which serves as executive summary of the BAD. The concept was first published in ECPA technical Guidance Paper 2011/1 and presented in detail in the SCC chaired CIR pre-conference workshop in 2011 ... read more

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Services on Efficacy at SCC

Introduction

Since the establishment of the company in 1989, efficacy work was a key activity at SCC. SCC staff has excellent knowledge of agricultural practice of most relevant crops in open field and greenhouse with all types of plant protection products.

This is to summarise the services provided by SCC in the area of efficacy. ... read more

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Analytical methods for the registration of pesticides

Introduction

Plant protection products are substances or formulations that are used to protect plants or plant products against harmful organisms, to influence the life of the plant (except for nutrients), preserve plant products, destroy undesired plants, and to prevent the growth of undesired plants. Beside other requirements, analytical methods have gained more and more importance ... read more

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Physical Chemical properties for the registration of pesticides

Introduction

Plant protection products are substances or formulations that are used to protect plants or plant products against harmful organisms, to influence the life of the plant (except for nutrients), preserve plant products, destroy undesired plants, and to prevent the growth of undesired plants. Beside other requirements, physical chemical properties have gained more and more importance ... read more

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Biopesticides

Introduction

The worldwide increase in agricultural production relies on a number of synthetic compounds and natural products to minimize the negative impact of pests, diseases and weeds on the economical production of crops. These plant protection products or pesticides include all substances or mixtures of substances which prevent, destroy and control harmful organisms, as well as substances used as plant growth regulators or for the protection of stored products. Considering the enormous application rate of plant protection products on a worldwide scale as along with the possibility that each human being, whether as producer, user or consumer, may come into direct contact with these substances, a detailed evaluation of all possible impacts on humans, animals, plants and the environment is required and supervised by relevant and wide-reaching directives ... read more

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Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Introduction

The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) was established in 1962, originally to safeguard the interests of European farmers as well as to guarantee that the food supply for European consumers is safe. In recent years additional perspectives and challenges were included in the CAP of the EU such as natural resources, biodiversity, climate change, global competition or rural development thereby safeguarding not only the interests of farmers and consumers but also of upstream and downstream sectors such as producers of machinery, fertilisers, animal healthcare operators, retailers or others in the production chain. To adapt to these new challenges, the CAP was intensively reviewed in 2013 ... read more

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Organic Farming

Introduction

Bringing onto the market of organic food is currently regulated by Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 in Europe whereat COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control and COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries regulated the bringing onto the market for example of goods which cannot be produced within the EU due to climatic or geographic conditions ... read more

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Literature search for the registration of pesticides

Introduction

Plant protection products are substances or formulations that are used to protect plants or plant products against harmful organisms, to influence the life of the plant (except for nutrients), preserve plant products, destroy undesired plants, and to prevent the growth of undesired plants. Beside other requirements an assessment of the scientific peer-reviewed open literature for the approval of pesticide active substances is required ... read more

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EU Regulation Pesticides

Introduction

Plant protection products are substances or formulations that are used to protect plants or plant products against harmful organisms, to influence the life of the plant (except for nutrients), preserve plant products, destroy undesired plants, and to prevent the growth of undesired plants. Their wide use in agriculture and horticulture means it is inevitable for them to come into contact with users, producers and/or consumers. The EU, in a wide-reaching Directive, has evaluated over 1000 existing substances, as well as continually evaluating newly-developed substances, for their use in plant protection product formulations. Only those substances which have minimal risk to man, animal and the environment were included in Annex I of Council Directive 91/414/EEC until 2011 and are now approved as active substances under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. Under 91/414/EEC, the existing active substances were grouped into 4 individual lists governed by individual sets of legislation for their respective regulatory procedures ... read more

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EU Regulation Plant Protection

Introduction

The authorization of plant protection products (end use products) is governed by Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of 21 October 2009 "concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC", introducing the zonal evaluation procedure which is further detailed in SANCO/13169/2010 rev. 5; 11 March 2011: Guidance document on zonal evaluation and mutual recognition under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Three political zones (northern, central and southern zone) are established, with one Member State evaluating the plant protection product for the whole zone and thus acting as zonal Rapporteur Member State. This process is intended to enable work sharing between Member States as further illustrated for the Northern Zone in the "Guidance Document on the Process For Work-Sharing in the Northern Zone in the Registration of Plant Protection Products Following Inclusion of an Active Substance in Annex I of Council Directive 91/414/EEC July 2011" ... read more

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EU Regulation

Introduction

The new plant protection legislation under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is linked to other European and national laws, conservation acts, and action plans. For example, the interaction of future plant protection measures and water conservation regulated by the Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60 is considered. This is of particular interest with regard to plant protection products for a number of reasons. For one, the WFD and subsequent Directives, such as the Priority Substances Directive 2008/105 (Directive on Environmental Quality Standards; EQSD) or COM(2011)876 final of 31 January 2012, define priority substances or priority hazardous substances, some of which are active substances of plant protection products and are thus liable to special monitoring and reduction programs ... read more

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Agrochemical-Registration

Introduction

Plant protection products are substances or formulations that are used to protect plants or plant products against harmful organisms, to influence the life of the plant (except for nutrients), to preserve plant products, to destroy undesired plants, and to prevent the growth of undesired plants. Their wide use in agriculture and horticulture means that it is inevitable for them to come into contact with users, producers and/or consumers. The EU, in a wide-reaching Directive, has evaluated about 1000 existing substances, as well as continuing to evaluate newly developed substances, for their use in plant protection product formulations. Only those substances which have minimal risk to man, animal and the environment are approved as active substances under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. In 2015, 478 active substances were approved on EU-level, also including older approvals of active substances under Council Directive 91/414/EEC before entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 on 14 June 2011 ... read more

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Agrochemicals Consulting

Introduction

Council Directive of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (91/414/EEC) was suspended in 2009 and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of 21 October 2009 "concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC" has been implemented since 14 June 2011, and now governs the approval of active substances in the EU ... read more

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Fertilisers and biostimulants

Introduction

On a European level REGULATION (EC) No 2003/2003 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 October 2003 regulates the bringing onto the market of so called “EC fertilisers”. Products of inorganic origin, fulfilling certain criteria, stipulated in Regulation 2003/2003 such as minimum content of nutrients and certain tolerances can be brought onto the market as “EC fertiliser” without an authorisation, approval or registration process. Since entry into force of Regulation 2003/2003 the Regulation was amended several times. ANNEX I of the Regulation, the list of types of EC fertilisers, was for example amended by COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 076/2004 of 3 December 2004 adapting for the first time Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers (EDDHSA and triple superphosphate), COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 137/2011 of 16 February 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I and IV thereto to technical progress or COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1257/2014 of 24 November 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I and IV ... read more

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