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Chapter 4<br />

Registered Bio<strong>control</strong> Products <strong>and</strong> their use in Europe<br />

Ulf Heilig 1 , Philippe Delval 2 <strong>and</strong> Bernard Blum 1<br />

1 International Bio<strong>control</strong> Manufacturers Association, Blauenstrasse 57, CH-4054 Basel,<br />

Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />

2 ACTA, 1 avenue Claude Bourgelat, F-69680 Marcy l'Etoile, France<br />

Collection of information<br />

A small team formed by ACTA <strong>and</strong> IBMA conducted a survey on <strong>biological</strong> active substances<br />

approved in the European Union <strong>and</strong> on Biological Control Products (BC products) authorised in<br />

five European countries. The investigation focused on crops covered by ENDURE RA1case studies.<br />

The frame of the present survey was defined in a meeting on 9 th January 2009 in Basle, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

work was performed during the period from April to September 2009.<br />

To compile a list of registered bio<strong>control</strong> products, the online EU Pesticides Database was<br />

consulted on 21 st April 2009. Data were retrieved <strong>and</strong> the list was reorganised <strong>and</strong> the information<br />

about use categories complemented with the help of the inclusion directives where necessary.<br />

Substances deemed suitable for bio<strong>control</strong> were identified <strong>and</strong> it was decided to distinguish four<br />

major groups: micro-organisms, semiochemicals (attractants), botanicals <strong>and</strong> "other plant protection<br />

substances of natural origin".<br />

This study was complemented by an analysis of specific uses of products commercialized in<br />

four countries of the EU (France, Germany, Spain <strong>and</strong> the United Kingdom). A fifth country,<br />

Switzerl<strong>and</strong> was included in the study for comparison, because it has not been restricted by the<br />

implementation of Directive 91/414/EEC (superceded in June 2011 by EC regulation No<br />

1107/2011) until recently. For each country, official national online databases on authorised plant<br />

protection products (Table 10) were screened for authorised bio<strong>control</strong> active substances:<br />

Table 10: Consulted sources of information on authorized bio<strong>control</strong> plant protection products in<br />

five European countries:<br />

Country Official source / website Reference date<br />

France<br />

e-phy database of the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries<br />

http://e-phy.agriculture.gouv.fr<br />

31/8/2009<br />

Germany<br />

Online-Datenbank Pflanzenschutzmittel of the Federal Office of Consumer<br />

Protection <strong>and</strong> Food Safety (BVL)<br />

http://www.bvl.bund.de/DE/04_Pflanzenschutzmittel/01_Aufgaben/02_Zulassung<br />

12 /8/2009<br />

PSM/01_ZugelPSM/01_OnlineDatenbank/psm_onlineDB_node.html<br />

Spain<br />

Registro de productos Fitosanitarios of the Ministerio de Ambiente y Medio Rural<br />

y Marino<br />

http://www.mapa.es/es/agricultura/pags/fitos/registro/menu.asp<br />

Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />

Plant protection index ("Pflanzenschutzmittelverzeichnis") of the Federal Office<br />

for Agriculture (BWL, Fachbereich Pflanzenschutzmittel)<br />

31/7/2009<br />

http://www.psa.blw.admin.ch/index_de_5_2_A.htm<br />

Pesticides Register of UK approved products under the responsibility of the<br />

United<br />

Chemicals Regulation Directorate Pesticides<br />

Kingdom<br />

https://secure.pesticides.gov.uk/pestreg/ProdSearch.asp<br />

4/2009<br />

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