Results of the REBECA Policy Support Action

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General problems with regulation• Unpredictable: guidelines and proposals for waivers ondata requirements are not binding, a newcomer can askfor the complete data package• No harmonisation on procedures, countries have theirown interpretation, mutual recognition???• Guidelines not set up for BCAs• Requirements not appropriate for micro-organisms• Regulation authorities have little or no experience go for precautionary principle• High fees, time consuming• Major obstacle: two level registrations - active substanceat EU and PPP in all member states10
History of Regulation: A long story of failures• Pesticide regulation has gradually become more stringent• Development in close interaction with multinationalagrochemical companies• Regulation based on scientific reports of damages• DDT – Data requirements on persistence• OPAs – Due to impact on non-targets now banned• Pesticide regulation and its failures were among mainstimuli for the emergence of the Precautionay Principle11
Page 1 and 2: IOBC/WPRS Alés 2007Regulation of M
Page 3 and 4: REBECA StakeholderRegulators: We ar
Page 5 and 6: Growers under pressure• Pesticide
Page 7 and 8: How many tones of illegal pesticide
Page 9: Growers damand BCABiocontrol Market
Page 13 and 14: The Precautionary Principle• Rio
Page 15 and 16: COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON THEPREC
Page 17 and 18: Political objectives:• Authoritie
Page 19 and 20: Final Meeting Brussels SAS Radissio

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