Common Position (EC) No 3/2009 of 20 November 2008 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on plant protection products (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-11-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU action, EU statistics, data collection, marketing standard, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, statistics

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(Preparatory Acts)

COUNCIL

COMMON POSITION (EC) No 3/2009

adopted by the Council on 20 November 2008

with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2009 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of … concerning statistics on plant protection products

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 38 E/01)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (1),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure
Article 251 of the Treaty (2)

laid down in

Whereas:

(1)

Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the
Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (3)
recognised that the impact of pesticides on human health
and the environment, in particular from plant protection
products used in agriculture, must be reduced further. It
underlined the need to achieve more sustainable use of
pesticides and called for a significant overall reduction of
risks and the use of pesticides consistent with the neces-
sary crop protection.

(1) OJ C 256, 27.10.2007, p. 86.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 12 March 2008 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and Council Common Position of
20 November 2008 and Position of the European Parliament of … (not
yet published in the Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1.

the European
In its Communication to the Council,
Parliament and the European Economic and Social
Committee entitled ‘Towards a Thematic Strategy on the
Sustainable Use of Pesticides’, the Commission recognised
the need for detailed, harmonised and up-to-date statistics
on sales and use of pesticides at Community level. Such
statistics are necessary for assessing policies of
the
European Union on sustainable development and for
calculating relevant indicators on the risks for health and
the environment related to pesticide use.

Harmonised and comparable Community statistics on
pesticide sales and use are essential for the development
and monitoring of Community legislation and policies in
the context of the Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable
Use of Pesticides.

Since the effects of the Directive 98/8/EC of the European
Parliament and of
the Council of 16 February 1998
concerning the placing of biocidal products on the
market (4) will not become apparent until well after 2006,
when the first evaluation of active substances for use in
biocidal products will be finalised, neither the Commis-
sion nor most Member States currently have sufficient
knowledge or experience to propose further measures
regarding biocides. The scope of this Regulation should
thus be limited to plant protection products covered by
Regulation (EC) No…/2009 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of … concerning the placing of plant
protection products on the market (5), for which a large
experience already exists on data collection.

(3)

(4)

(4) OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ L …

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(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

The experience of the Commission in collecting data on
sales and use of plant protection products over many
years has demonstrated the need to have a harmonised
methodology for collecting statistics at Community level
both from the stage of placing on the market and from
users. Moreover, in view of the aim of calculating accu-
rate risk indicators according to the objectives of the
Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides,
statistics need to be detailed up to the level of the active
substances.

Among the different data collection options evaluated in
the impact assessment of the Thematic Strategy on the
Sustainable Use of Pesticides, mandatory data collection
was recommended as the best option because it would
allow the development of accurate and reliable data on
the placing on the market and use of plant protection
products quickly and cost-efficiently.

Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997
on Community Statistics (1) constitutes the reference
framework for the provisions of this Regulation. In par-
ticular, it requires conformity to standards of impartiality,
reliability, relevance, cost-effectiveness, statistical confi-
dentiality and transparency.

The transmission of data subject to statistical confidenti-
ality is governed by the rules set out in Regulation (EC)
No 322/97 and in Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC)
No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of
data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical
Office of the European Communities (2). Measures which
are taken in accordance with those Regulations ensure
the physical and logical protection of confidential data
and ensure that no unlawful disclosure and non-statistical
use occur when Community statistics are produced and
disseminated.

(12)

(13)

In particular the Commission should be empowered to
define the area treated and to adapt Annex III. Since
those measures are of general scope and are designed to
inter
amend non-essential elements of this Regulation,
alia by supplementing it with new non-essential elements,
they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory
procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of
Decision 1999/468/EC.

Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the estab-
lishment of a common framework for the systematic
production of Community statistics on the placing on
the market and use of plant protection products, cannot
be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can
therefore be better achieved at Community level,
the
Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the
principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the
Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportion-
ality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not
go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that
objective.

(14)

The Statistical Programme Committee, established by
Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (4), has been
consulted,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter, scope and objectives

The necessary protection of confidentiality on data of
commercial value should be assured, among other
means, by an appropriate aggregation when publishing
statistics.

This Regulation establishes a common framework for the
1.
systematic production of Community statistics on the placing
on the market and use of plant protection products.

To guarantee comparable results,
statistics on plant
protection products should be produced in accordance
with a specified breakdown, in an appropriate form and
within a fixed period of time from the end of a reference
year as defined in the Annexes of this Regulation.

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Regulation should be
adopted in accordance with
Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying
down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission (3).

2.

The statistics shall apply to:

— the annual amounts of plant protection products placed on

the market in accordance with Annex I;

— the annual agricultural use amounts of plant protection

products in accordance with Annex II.

3.
The statistics shall, in particular, together with other rele-
vant data serve the purposes of Article 14 of Directive
2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of … establishing a framework for Community action to
achieve a sustainable use of pesticides (5).

(1) OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(4) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.
(5) OJ L …

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Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions
shall apply:

(a) ‘plant protection products’ means plant protection products
as referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No …/2009;

(b) ‘substances’ means substances as defined in point (2) of
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No …/2009, including active
substances, safeners and synergists;

(c) ‘active substances’ means active substances as referred to in

Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No …/2009;

(d) ‘safeners’ means safeners as referred to in Article 2(3)(a) of

Regulation (EC) No …/2009;

(e) ‘synergists’ means synergists as referred to in Article 2(3)(b)

of Regulation (EC) No …/2009;

(f) ‘placing on the market’ means placing on the market as
(8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC)

defined in point
No …/2009;

(g) ‘authorisation holder’ means authorisation holder as defined
in point (20) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No …/2009;

(h) ‘agricultural use’ means any type of application of a plant
protection product associated directly or indirectly with the
production of plant products in the context of the economic
activity of an agricultural holding;

(i) ‘professional user’ means professional user as defined in

point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2009/…/EC;

(j) ‘agricultural holding’ means agricultural holding as defined
in Regulation (EC) No …/2009 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of … on farm structure surveys and the
survey on agricultural production methods (1).

— administrative sources, or

— a combination of these means, including statistical estima-
judgements or

tion procedures on the basis of expert
models.

2. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat)
the statistical results, including confidential data, according to
the schedules and with the periodicity specified in Annexes I
and II. Data shall be presented according to the classification
given in Annex III.

3. Member States shall transmit the data in electronic form,
in conformity with an appropriate technical
to be
adopted by the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with the
regulatory procedure referred to in Article 6(2).

format

4.
For reasons of confidentiality, the Commission (Eurostat)
shall aggregate the data before publication according to the
chemical classes or categories of products indicated in Annex III,
taking due account of the protection of confidential data at the
level of individual Member State. In accordance with Article 15
of Regulation (EC) No 322/97, confidential data shall be used
by national authorities and by the Commission (Eurostat) exclu-
sively for statistical purposes.

Article 4

Quality assessment

1.
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following quality
assessment dimensions shall apply to the data to be transmitted:

— ‘relevance’ refers to the degree to which statistics meet

current and potential needs of the users;

Article 3

— ‘accuracy’

refers

to the closeness of estimates

to the

unknown true values;

Data collection, transmission and processing

— ‘timeliness’ refers to the time lag between the availability of
the information and the event or phenomenon it describes;

1. Member States shall collect the data necessary for the
specification of the characteristics listed in Annexes I and II by
means of:

— surveys,

— obligations concerning the placing of the plant protection
products on the market; in particular, obligations pursuant
to Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No …/2009,

— obligations applicable to professional users based on records
kept on the use of plant protection products; in particular,
to Article 67 of Regulation (EC)
obligations pursuant
No …/2009,

(1) OJ L …

— ‘punctuality’ refers to the time lag between the date of the
release of the data and the target date when it should have
been delivered;

— ‘accessibility’ and ‘clarity’

to the conditions and
refer
modalities by which users can obtain, use and interpret data;

— ‘comparability’ refers to the measurement of the impact of
differences in applied statistical concepts and measurement
tools and procedures when statistics are compared between
geographical areas, sectoral domains or over time;

— ‘coherence’ refers to the adequacy of the data to be reliably

combined in different ways and for various uses.

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2. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat)
with reports on the quality of the data transmitted as referred to
in Annexes I and II. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the
quality of data transmitted.

Article 5

Implementation measures

The Commission shall adopt

1.
the appropriate technical
format for the transmission of data in accordance with the regu-
latory procedure referred to in Article 6(2).

2.
The Commission shall adopt the definition of the ‘area
treated’ as referred to in Section 2 of Annex II. That measure,
designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by
supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regu-
latory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 6(3).

The Commission may amend the harmonised classification
3.
of substances as defined in Annex III
the purpose of
adapting it to changes in the list of active substances adopted in
accordance with Article 78(3) of Regulation (EC) No …/2009.
Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of
this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regula-
tory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 6(3).

for

Article 6

Committee procedure

The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical

1.
Programme Committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5
and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to
the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be three months.

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1)
to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply,
having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

Article 7

Report

The Commission shall submit a report on the implementation
of the Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council
every five years. This report shall evaluate in particular the
the
quality of data transmitted, as referred to in Article 4,
burden on businesses, agricultural holdings and national admin-
istrations and the usefulness of these statistics in the context of
the Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides in
particular with regard to the objectives set out in Article 1. It
if appropriate, contain proposals designed to further
shall,
improve data quality and reduce the burden on businesses, agri-
cultural holdings and national administrations.

The first report shall be submitted by 1 January … (*).

Article 8

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
Journal of the
following that of its publication in the Official
European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at, …

For the European Parliament

The President

…

For the Council

The President

…

(*) Eight years from the year of the adoption of this Regulation.

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STATISTICS ON PLACING OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET

ANNEX I

SECTION 1

Coverage

The statistics shall cover substances listed in Annex III contained in plant protection products placed on the market in
each Member State. Special attention shall be paid to avoiding double counting in the event of product reconditioning or
transfer of authorisation between authorisation holders.

SECTION 2

Variables

The quantity of each substance listed in Annex III contained in plant protection products placed on the market shall be
compiled.

Data shall be expressed in kilograms of substances.

The reference period shall be the calendar year.

SECTION 3

Reporting measure

SECTION 4

Reference period

SECTION 5

First reference period, periodicity and transmission of results

1. The first reference period is the second calendar year following … (*).

2. Member States shall supply data for every calendar year subsequent to the first reference period.

3. Data shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.

SECTION 6

Quality report

Member States shall supply the Commission (Eurostat) with a quality report, referred to in Article 4, indicating:

— the methodology used to collect data;

— relevant aspects of quality according to the methodology used to collect data;

— a description of estimations, aggregations and exclusion methods used.

This report shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) within 15 months of the end of the reference year.

(*) The date of the entry into force of this Regulation.

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ANNEX II

STATISTICS ON AGRICULTURAL USE OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS

SECTION 1

Coverage

1. Statistics shall cover substances listed in Annex III contained in plant protection products used in agriculture on each

selected crop in each Member State.

2. Each Member State shall establish the selection of crops to be covered during the five-year period defined in Section 5.
The selection shall be designed to be representative of the crops cultivated in the Member State and of the substances
used.

The selection of crops shall take into account the most relevant crops for the national action plans as referred to in
Article 4 of Directive 2009/…/EC.

SECTION 2

Variables

For each selected crop the following variables shall be compiled:

(a) the quantity of each substance listed in Annex III contained in plant protection products used on this crop, and

(b) the area treated with each substance.

SECTION 3

Reporting measures

1. Quantities of substances used shall be expressed in kilograms.

2. Areas treated shall be expressed in hectares.

SECTION 4

Reference period

1. The reference period shall, in principle, be a period of maximum 12 months covering all plant protection treatments

associated with the crop.

2. The reference period shall be reported as the year in which the harvest began.

SECTION 5

First reference period, periodicity and transmission of results

1. For each five-year period, Member States shall compile statistics on the use of plant protection products for each

selected crop within a reference period as defined in Section 4.

2. Member States may choose the reference period at any time of the five-year period. The choice can be made indepen-

dently for each selected crop.

3. The first five-year period shall start at the first calendar year following … (*).

4. Member States shall supply data for every five-year period.

5. Data shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of each five-year period.

(*) The date of the entry into force of this Regulation.

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SECTION 6

Quality report

When they transmit their results, Member States shall supply the Commission (Eurostat) with a quality report, referred to
in Article 4, indicating:

— the design of the sampling methodology;

— the methodology used to collect data;

— an estimation of the relative importance of the crops covered with regard to the overall amount of plant protection

products used;

— relevant aspects of quality according to the methodology used to collect data;

— a comparison between data on plant protection products used during the five-year period and plant protection

products placed on the market during the five corresponding years.

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ANNEX III

HARMONISED CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSTANCES

Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Fungicides and Bactericides

Inorganic fungicides

Fungicides based on carbamates
and dithiocarbamates

Fungicides based on
benzimidazoles

F0

F1

F1.1

F1.1

F1.1

F1.1

F1.1

F1.1

F1.1

F1.2

F1.3

F2

F2.1

F2.2

F2.2

F2.2

F2.3

F2.3

F2.3

F2.3

F2.3

F2.3

F3

F3.1

F3.1

F3.1

F3.1

Common Nomenclature

COPPER COMPOUNDS

ALL COPPER COMPOUNDS

BORDEAUX MIXTURE

8011-63-0

COPPER HYDROXIDE

20427-59-2

COPPER OXYCHLORIDE

1332-40-7

TRIBASIC COPPER SULPHATE

1333-22-8

COPPER (I) OXIDE

1319-39-1

OTHER COPPER SALTS

INORGANIC SULFUR

SULFUR

7704-34-9

OTHER INORGANIC FUNGI-
CIDES

OTHER INORGANIC FUNGI-
CIDES

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

18

CARBANILATE FUNGICIDES

DIETHOFENCARB

87130-20-9

513

CARBAMATE FUNGICIDES

BENTHIAVALICARB

413615-35-7

744

IPROVALICARB

140923-17-7

620

PROPAMOCARB

24579-73-5

399

DITHIOCARBAMATE FUNGI-
CIDES

MANCOZEB

8018-01-7

34

MANEB

METIRAM

PROPINEB

THIRAM

ZIRAM

12427-38-2

61

9006-42-2

12071-83-9

137-26-8

137-30-4

478

177

24

31

263

525

323

262

BENZIMIDAZOLE FUNGICIDES

CARBENDAZIM

10605-21-7

FUBERIDAZOLE

3878-19-1

THIABENDAZOLE

148-79-8

THIOPHANATE-METHYL

23564-05-8

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Fungicides based on imidazoles
and triazoles

Common Nomenclature

CONAZOLE FUNGICIDES

BITERTANOL

55179-31-2

386

BROMUCONAZOLE

116255-48-2

680

CYPROCONAZOLE

94361-06-5

600

DIFENOCONAZOLE

119446-68-3

687

DINICONAZOLE

83657-24-3

690

EPOXICONAZOLE

106325-08-0

609

ETRIDIAZOLE

2593-15-9

518

FENBUCONAZOLE

114369-43-6

694

FLUQUINCONAZOLE

136426-54-5

474

FLUSILAZOLE

FLUTRIAFOL

85509-19-9

76674-21-0

HEXACONAZOLE

79983-71-4

IMAZALIL (ENILCONAZOLE)

58594-72-2

435

436

465

335

METCONAZOLE

125116-23-6

706

MYCLOBUTANIL

PENCONAZOLE

88671-89-0

66246-88-6

PROPICONAZOLE

60207-90-1

442

446

408

PROTHIOCONAZOLE

178928-70-6

745

TEBUCONAZOLE

107534-96-3

494

TETRACONAZOLE

112281-77-3

726

TRIADIMENOL

TRICYCLAZOLE

TRIFLUMIZOLE

55219-65-3

41814-78-2

99387-89-0

398

547

730

TRITICONAZOLE

131983-72-7

652

IMIDAZOLE FUNGICIDES

CYAZOFAMIDE

120116-88-3

653

FENAMIDONE

161326-34-7

650

TRIAZOXIDE

72459-58-6

729

F4

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.1

F4.2

F4.2

F4.2

Fungicides based on morpholines

F5

F5.1

F5.1

F5.1

MORPHOLINE FUNGICIDES

DIMETHOMORPH

110488-70-5

483

DODEMORPH

1593-77-7

FENPROPIMORPH

67564-91-4

300

427

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

Other fungicides

F6

F6.1

F6.1

F6.1

F6.2

F6.2

F6.2

F6.2

F6.2

F6.2

F6.2

F6.2

F6.2

F6.2

F6.3

F6.3

F6.4

F6.4

F6.4

F6.5

F6.5

F6.6

F6.6

F6.7

F6.8

F6.9

F6.9

ALIPHATIC NITROGEN FUNGI-
CIDES

CYMOXANIL

57966-95-7

419

DODINE

GUAZATINE

2439-10-3

101

108173-90-6

361

AMIDE FUNGICIDES

BENALAXYL

71626-11-4

416

BOSCALID

FLUTOLANIL

MEPRONIL

METALAXYL

METALAXYL-M

PROCHLORAZ

188425-85-6

673

66332-96-5

55814-41-0

57837-19-1

70630-17-0

67747-09-5

524

533

365

580

407

SILTHIOFAM

175217-20-6

635

TOLYLFLUANID

731-27-1

275

ZOXAMIDE

156052-68-5

640

ANILIDE FUNGICIDES

CARBOXIN

5234-68-4

273

FENHEXAMID

126833-17-8

603

ANTIBIOTIC FUNGICIDES-
BACTERICIDES

KASUGAMYCIN

6980-18-3

703

POLYOXINS

11113-80-7

STREPTOMYCIN

57-92-1

AROMATIC FUNGICIDES

CHLOROTHALONIL

1897-45-6

DICLORAN

DICARBOXIMIDE FUNGICIDES

IPRODIONE

PROCYMIDONE

DINITROANILINE FUNGICIDES

FLUAZINAM

99-30-9

36734-19-7

32809-16-8

79622-59-6

710

312

288

150

278

383

521

DINITROPHENOL FUNGICIDES

DINOCAP

39300-45-3

98

ORGANOPHOSPHORUS FUNGI-
CIDES

FOSETYL

15845-66-6

384

F6.10

OXAZOLE FUNGICIDES

HYMEXAZOL

10004-44-1

TOLCLOFOS-METHYL

57018-04-9

479

528

F6.10

F6.10

FAMOXADONE

131807-57-3

594

VINCLOZOLIN

50471-44-8

280

F6.11

PHENYLPYRROLE FUNGICIDES

FLUDIOXONIL

131341-86-1

522

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

F6.12

PHTHALIMIDE FUNGICIDES

CAPTAN

F6.12

FOLPET

133-06-2

133-07-3

40

75

F6.13

PYRIMIDINE FUNGICIDES

BUPIRIMATE

41483-43-6

261

F6.13

F6.13

F6.13

F6.13

CYPRODINIL

FENARIMOL

121552-61-2

511

60168-88-9

380

MEPANIPYRIM

110235-47-7

611

PYRIMETHANIL

53112-28-0

714

F6.14

QUINOLINE FUNGICIDES

QUINOXYFEN

124495-18-7

566

F6.14

8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE
SULFATE

134-31-6

677

F6.15

QUINONE FUNGICIDES

DITHIANON

3347-22-6

153

F6.16

STROBILURINE FUNGICIDES

AZOXYSTROBIN

131860-33-8

571

F6.16

F6.16

F6.16

F6.16

F6.16

F6.16

DIMOXYSTROBIN

149961-52-4

739

FLUOXASTROBIN

361377-29-9

746

KRESOXIM-METHYL

143390-89-0

568

PICOXYSTROBINE

117428-22-5

628

PYRACLOSTROBINE

175013-18-0

657

TRIFLOXYSTROBINE

141517-21-7

617

F6.17

UREA FUNGICIDES

PENCYCURON

66063-05-6

402

F6.18

UNCLASSIFIED FUNGICIDES

ACIBENZOLAR

126448-41-7

597

F6.18

F6.18

F6.18

F6.18

F6.18

F6.18

BENZOIC ACID

DICHLOROPHEN

65-85-0

97-23-4

FENPROPIDIN

67306-00-7

622

325

520

METRAFENONE

220899-03-6

752

2-PHENYPHENOL

90-43-7

246

SPIROXAMINE

118134-30-8

572

F6. 19

OTHER FUNGICIDES

OTHER FUNGICIDES

Herbicides, Haulm Destructors
and Moss Killers

Herbicides based on phenoxy-
phytohormones

H0

H1

H1.1

PHENOXY HERBICIDES

H1.1

H1.1

H1.1

2,4-D

2,4-DB

94-75-7

94-82-6

1

83

DICHLORPROP-P

15165-67-0

476

MCPA

94-74-6

2

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

H1.1

H1.1

H1.1

H2

H2.1

Herbicides based on triazines and
triazinones

MCPB

MECOPROP

94-81-5

7085-19-0

50

51

MECOPROP-P

16484-77-8

475

METHYLTHIOTRIAZINE HERBI-
CIDES

METHOPROTRYNE

841-06-5

94

H2.2

TRIAZINE HERBICIDES

SIMETRYN

1014-70-6

H2.2

TERBUTHYLAZINE

5915-41-3

H2.3

TRIAZINONE HERBICIDES

METAMITRON

Herbicides based on amides and
anilides

H2.3

H3

METRIBUZIN

41394-05-2

21087-64-9

179

234

381

283

H3.1

AMIDE HERBICIDES

BEFLUBUTAMID

113614-08-7

662

H3.1

H3.1

H3.1

H3.1

H3.1

H3.1

DIMETHENAMID

87674-68-8

638

FLUPOXAM

ISOXABEN

NAPROPAMIDE

119126-15-7

8158

82558-50-7

15299-99-7

701

271

PETHOXAMIDE

106700-29-2

665

PROPYZAMIDE

23950-58-5

83164-33-4

315

462

H3.2

ANILIDE HERBICIDES

DIFLUFENICAN

H3.2

H3.2

H3.2

H3.2

H3.2

H3.3

H3.3

H3.3

H3.3

H3.3

H3.3

FLORASULAM

145701-23-1

616

FLUFENACET

142459-58-3

588

METOSULAM

139528-85-1

707

METAZACHLOR

67129-08-2

PROPANIL

709-98-8

CHLOROACETANILIDE HERBI-
CIDES

ACETOCHLOR

34256-82-1

ALACHLOR

15972-60-8

DIMETHACHLOR

50563-36-5

PRETILACHLOR

51218-49-6

PROPACHLOR

1918-16-7

S-METOLACHLOR

87392-12-9

411

205

496

204

688

711

176

607

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

Herbicides based on carbamates
and bis-carbamates

H4

H4.1

BIS-CARBAMATE HERBICIDES

CHLORPROPHAM

101-21-3

43

H4.1

H4.1

DESMEDIPHAM

13684-56-5

477

PHENMEDIPHAM

13684-63-4

77

H4.2

CARBAMATE HERBICIDES

ASULAM

3337-71-1

240

Herbicides based on dinitroaniline
derivatives

H4.2

H5

CARBETAMIDE

16118-49-3

95

H5.1

DINITROANILINE HERBICIDES

BENFLURALIN

H5.1

H5.1

H5.1

H5.1

H5.1

H6

Herbicides based on derivatives of
urea, of uracil or of sulphonylurea

BUTRALIN

ETHALFLURALIN

ORYZALIN

PENDIMETHALIN

TRIFLURALIN

1861-40-1

33629-47-9

55283-68-6

19044-88-3

40487-42-1

2582-09-8

285

504

516

537

357

183

H6.1

SULFONYLUREA HERBICIDES

AMIDOSULFURON

120923-37-7

515

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

AZIMSULFURON

120162-55-2

584

BENSULFURON

99283-01-9

CHLORSULFURON

64902-72-3

CINOSULFURON

94593-91-6

502

391

507

ETHOXYSULFURON

126801-58-9

591

FLAZASULFURON

104040-78-0

595

FLUPYRSULFURON

150315-10-9

577

FORAMSULFURON

173159-57-4

659

IMAZOSULFURON

122548-33-8

590

IODOSULFURON

185119-76-0

634

MESOSULFURON

400852-66-6

663

METSULFURON

74223-64-6

441

NICOSULFURON

111991-09-4

709

OXASULFURON

144651-06-9

626

PRIMISULFURON

113036-87-6

712

PROSULFURON

94125-34-5

579

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

H6.1

RIMSULFURON

122931-48-0

716

SULFOSULFURON

141776-32-1

601

THIFENSULFURON

79277-67-1

TRIASULFURON

82097-50-5

452

480

TRIBENURON

106040-48-6

546

TRIFLUSULFURON

135990-29-3

731

TRITOSULFURON

142469-14-5

735

H6.2

URACIL HERBICIDES

LENACIL

2164-08-1

H6.3

UREA HERBICIDES

CHLORTOLURON

15545-48-9

Other herbicides

H6.3

H6.3

H6.3

H6.3

H6.3

H6.3

H6.3

H7

H7.1

H7.1

H7.1

H7.1

H7.1

H7.1

H7.1

H7.1

H7.1

H7.1

DIURON

FLUOMETURON

330-54-1

2164-17-2

ISOPROTURON

34123-59-6

LINURON

330-55-2

METHABENZTHIAZURON

18691-97-9

METOBROMURON

3060-89-7

METOXURON

19937-59-8

163

217

100

159

336

76

201

168

219

ARYLOXYPHENOXY-PROPIONIC
HERBICIDES

CLODINAFOP

CYHALOFOP

DICLOFOP

114420-56-3

683

122008-85-9

596

40843-25-2

358

FENOXAPROP-P

113158-40-0

484

FLUAZIFOP-P-BUTYL

79241-46-6

HALOXYFOP

HALOXYFOP-R

69806-34-4

72619-32-0

395

438

526

PROPAQUIZAFOP

111479-05-1

713

QUIZALOFOP

QUIZALOFOP-P

H7.2

BENZOFURANE HERBICIDES

ETHOFUMESATE

H7.3

BENZOIC-ACID HERBICIDES

CHLORTHAL

H7.3

DICAMBA

H7.4

BIPYRIDYLIUM HERBICIDES

DIQUAT

H7.4

PARAQUAT

76578-12-6

94051-08-8

26225-79-6

2136-79-0

1918-00-9

85-00-7

4685-14-7

429

641

233

328

85

55

56

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

CYCLOHEXANEDIONE HERBI-
CIDES

CLETHODIM

99129-21-2

508

CYCLOXYDIM

101205-02-1

510

TEPRALOXYDIM

149979-41-9

608

H7.6

DIAZINE HERBICIDES

PYRIDATE

TRALKOXYDIM

87820-88-0

55512-33-9

544

447

H7.7

DICARBOXIMIDE HERBICIDES

CINIDON-ETHYL

142891-20-1

598

H7.7

FLUMIOXAZIN

103361-09-7

578

H7.8

DIPHENYL ETHER HERBICIDES

ACLONIFEN

BIFENOX

NITROFEN

74070-46-5

42576-02-3

1836-75-5

OXYFLUORFEN

42874-03-3

H7.9

IMIDAZOLINONE HERBICIDES

IMAZAMETHABENZ

100728-84-5

529

IMAZAMOX

114311-32-9

619

IMAZETHAPYR

81335-77-5

H7.10

INORGANIC HERBICIDES

AMMONIUM SULFAMATE

7773-06-0

H7.10

CHLORATES

7775-09-9

7

H7.11

ISOXAZOLE HERBICIDES

ISOXAFLUTOLE

141112-29-0

575

H7.12

MORPHACTIN HERBICIDES

FLURENOL

467-69-6

304

H7.13

NITRILE HERBICIDES

BROMOXYNIL

DICHLOBENIL

IOXYNIL

1689-84-5

1194-65-6

1689-83-4

87

73

86

ORGANOPHOSPHORUS HERBI-
CIDES

GLUFOSINATE

51276-47-2

437

GLYPHOSATE

1071-83-6

284

PHENYLPYRAZOLE HERBI-
CIDES

PYRAFLUFEN

129630-19-9

605

H7.16

PYRIDAZINONE HERBICIDES

CHLORIDAZON

1698-60-8

FLURTAMONE

96525-23-4

PYRIDINECARBOXAMIDE
HERBICIDES

PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC-ACID
HERBICIDES

PICOLINAFEN

137641-05-5

639

CLOPYRALID

1702-17-6

455

PICLORAM

1918-02-1

174

H7.5

H7.5

H7.5

H7.5

H7.8

H7.8

H7.8

H7.9

H7.9

H7.13

H7.13

H7.14

H7.14

H7.15

H7.16

H7.17

H7.18

H7.18

498

413

170

538

700

679

111

569

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

PYRIDYLOXYACETIC-ACID
HERBICIDES

FLUROXYPYR

69377-81-7

431

H7.19

H7.19

TRICLOPYR

H7.20

QUINOLINE HERBICIDES

QUINCLORAC

H7.20

QUINMERAC

H7.21

THIADIAZINE HERBICIDES

BENTAZONE

H7.22

THIOCARBAMATE HERBICIDES

EPTC

H7.22

H7.22

H7.22

H7.22

MOLINATE

PROSULFOCARB

THIOBENCARB

TRI-ALLATE

H7.23

TRIAZOLE HERBICIDES

AMITROL

55335-06-3

84087-01-4

90717-03-6

25057-89-0

759-94-4

2212-67-1

52888-80-9

28249-77-6

2303-17-5

61-82-5

376

493

563

366

155

235

539

388

97

90

H7.24

TRIAZOLINONE HERBICIDES

CARFENTRAZONE

128639-02-1

587

H7.25

TRIAZOLONE HERBICIDES

PROPOXYCARBAZONE

145026-81-9

655

H7.26

TRIKETONE HERBICIDES

MESOTRIONE

104206-82-8

625

H7.26

SULCOTRIONE

H7.27

UNCLASSIFIED HERBICIDES

CLOMAZONE

99105-77-8

81777-89-1

FLUROCHLORIDONE

61213-25-0

QUINOCLAMINE

2797-51-5

METHAZOLE

OXADIARGYL

OXADIAZON

20354-26-1

39807-15-3

19666-30-9

OTHER HERBICIDES HAULM
DESTRUCTOR MOSS KILLER

OTHER HERBICIDES HAULM
DESTRUCTOR MOSS KILLER

723

509

430

648

369

604

213

PYRETHROID INSECTICIDES

ACRINATHRIN

101007-06-1

678

ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN

67375-30-8

BETA-CYFLUTHRIN

68359-37-5

BETA-CYPERMETHRIN

65731-84-2

BIFENTHRIN

CYFLUTHRIN

CYPERMETHRIN

82657-04-3

68359-37-5

52315-07-8

454

482

632

415

385

332

Insecticides and Acaricides

Insecticides based on pyrethroids

H7.27

H7.27

H7.27

H7.27

H7.27

H7.27

I0

I1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

Insecticides based on chlorinated
hydrocarbons

Insecticides based on carbamates
and oxime-carbamate

Insecticides based on organo-
phosphates

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I1.1

I2

I2.1

I2.1

I3

I3.1

I3.1

I3.2

I3.2

I3.2

I3.2

I3.2

I3.2

I3.2

I3.2

I4

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

DELTAMETHRIN

52918-63-5

ESFENVALERATE

66230-04-4

ETOFENPROX

80844-07-1

GAMMA-CYHALOTHRIN

76703-62-3

LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN

91465-08-6

333

481

471

768

463

TAU-FLUVALINATE

102851-06-9

432

TEFLUTHRIN

79538-32-2

ZETA-CYPERMETHRIN

52315-07-8

451

733

ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTI-
CIDES

DICOFOL

115-32-2

123

TETRASUL

2227-13-6

114

OXIME-CARBAMATE INSECTI-
CIDES

METHOMYL

16752-77-5

264

OXAMYL

CARBAMATE INSECTICIDES

BENFURACARB

CARBARYL

CARBOFURAN

CARBOSULFAN

FENOXYCARB

FORMETANATE

METHIOCARB

PIRIMICARB

23135-22-0

82560-54-1

63-25-2

1563-66-2

55285-14-8

79127-80-3

22259-30-9

2032-65-7

23103-98-2

342

501

26

276

417

425

697

165

231

ORGANOPHOSPHORUS INSEC-
TICIDES

AZINPHOS-METHYL

86-50-0

37

CADUSAFOS

95465-99-9

CHLORPYRIFOS

2921-88-2

CHLORPYRIFOS-METHYL

5589-13-0

COUMAPHOS

DIAZINON

56-72-4

333-41-5

682

221

486

121

15

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I4.1

I5

I5.1

I5.1

I5.1

I5.1

I6

I6.1

I6.1

I6.1

I6.3

I6.3

I6.3

I6.3

I6.3

DICHLORVOS

DIMETHOATE

ETHOPROPHOS

FENAMIPHOS

62-73-7

60-51-5

13194-48-4

22224-92-6

FENITROTHION

122-14-5

FOSTHIAZATE

ISOFENPHOS

MALATHION

98886-44-3

25311-71-1

121-75-5

METHAMIDOPHOS

10265-92-6

NALED

300-76-5

OXYDEMETON-METHYL

301-12-2

PHOSALONE

PHOSMET

PHOXIM

2310-17-0

732-11-6

14816-18-3

PIRIMIPHOS-METHYL

29232-93-7

TRICHLORFON

52-68-6

11

59

218

692

35

585

412

12

355

195

171

109

318

364

239

68

BIOLOGICAL INSECTICIDES

AZADIRACHTIN

11141-17-6

627

NICOTINE

PYRETHRINS

ROTENONE

54-11-5

8003-34-7

8

32

83-79-4

671

INSECTICIDES PRODUCED BY
FERMENTATION

ABAMECTIN

71751-41-2

495

MILBEMECTIN

51596-10-2

660

51596-11-3

SPINOSAD

168316-95-8

636

BENZOYLUREA INSECTICIDES

DIFLUBENZURON

35367-38-5

339

FLUFENOXURON

101463-69-8

470

HEXAFLUMURON

86479-06-3

698

LUFENURON

103055-07-8

704

NOVALURON

116714-46-6

672

Biological and botanical product
based insecticides

Other insecticides

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

I6.3

I6.3

TEFLUBENZURON

83121-18-0

450

TRIFLUMURON

64628-44-0

548

I6.4

CARBAZATE INSECTICIDES

BIFENAZATE

149877-41-8

736

I6.5

I6.5

I6.6

I6.6

I6.6

DIAZYLHYDRAZINE INSECTI-
CIDES

METHOXYFENOZIDE

161050-58-4

656

TEBUFENOZIDE

112410-23-8

724

INSECT GROWTH REGULA-
TORS

BUPROFEZIN

69327-76-0

681

CYROMAZINE

66215-27-8

420

HEXYTHIAZOX

78587-05-0

439

I6.7

INSECT PHEROMONES

(E,Z)-9-DODECENYL ACETATE

35148-19-7

422

I6.8

I6.8

NITROGUANIDINE INSECTI-
CIDES

CLOTHIANIDIN

210880-92-5

738

THIAMETHOXAM

153719-23-4

637

I6.9

ORGANOTIN INSECTICIDES

AZOCYCLOTIN

41083-11-8

404

I6.9

I6.9

CYHEXATIN

13121-70-5

289

FENBUTATIN OXIDE

13356-08-6

359

I6.10

OXADIAZINE INSECTICIDES

INDOXACARB

173584-44-6

612

I6.11

PHENYL-ETHER INSECTICIDES

PYRIPROXYFEN

95737-68-1

715

I6.12

I6.12

I6.12

PYRAZOLE (PHENYL-) INSECTI-
CIDES

FENPYROXIMATE

134098-61-6

695

FIPRONIL

120068-37-3

581

TEBUFENPYRAD

119168-77-3

725

I6.13

PYRIDINE INSECTICIDES

PYMETROZINE

123312-89-0

593

I6.14

I6.14

I6.14

PYRIDYLMETHYLAMINE INSEC-
TICIDES

ACETAMIPRID

135410-20-7

649

IMIDACLOPRID

138261-41-3

582

THIACLOPRID

111988-49-9

631

I6.15

SULFITE ESTER INSECTICIDES

PROPARGITE

2312-35-8

216

I6.16

TETRAZINE INSECTICIDES

CLOFENTEZINE

74115-24-5

418

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

I6.17

TETRONIC ACID INSECTICIDES

SPIRODICLOFEN

148477-71-8

737

I6.18

(CARBAMOYL-) TRIAZOLE
INSECTICIDES

TRIAZAMATE

112143-82-5

728

I6.19

UREA INSECTICIDES

DIAFENTHIURON

80060-09-9

8097

I6.20

UNCLASSIFIED INSECTICIDES

ETOXAZOLE

153233-91-1

623

I6.20

I6.20

I6.21

M0

M1

Molluscicides, total:

Molluscicides

FENAZAQUIN

120928-09-8

693

PYRIDABEN

96489-71-3

583

OTHER INSECTICIDES-ACARI-
CIDES

OTHER INSECTICIDES-ACARI-
CIDES

M1.1

CARBAMATE MOLLUSCICIDE

THIODICARB

59669-26-0

543

M1.2

OTHER MOLLUSCICIDES

FERRIC PHOSPHATE

10045-86-0

629

M1.2

M1.2

METALDEHYDE

108-62-3

62

OTHER MOLLUSCICIDES

Plant Growth Regulators, total:

PGR0

Physiological plant growth
regulators

PGR1

PGR1.1

PHYSIOLOGICAL PLANT
GROWTH REGULATORS

CHLORMEQUAT

999-81-5

143

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

CYCLANILIDE

113136-77-9

586

DAMINOZIDE

1596-84-5

330

DIMETHIPIN

55290-64-7

689

DIPHENYLAMINE

122-39-4

460

ETHEPHON

16672-87-0

373

ETHOXYQUIN

91-53-2

517

FLORCHLORFENURON

68157-60-8

633

FLURPRIMIDOL

56425-91-3

696

IMAZAQUIN

81335-37-7

699

MALEIC HYDRAZIDE

51542-52-0

310

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

PGR1.1

MEPIQUAT

24307-26-4

440

1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE

3100-04-7

767

PACLOBUTRAZOL

76738-62-0

445

PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM

127277-53-6

567

SODIUM
5-NITROGUAIACOLATE

67233-85-6

718

SODIUM O-NITROPHENOLATE

824-39-5

720

TRINEXAPAC-ETHYL

95266-40-3

8349

Anti-sprouting products

PGR2

PGR2.2

ANTISPROUTING PRODUCTS

CARVONE

99-49-0

PGR2.2

CHLORPROPHAM

101-21-3

602

43

Other plant growth regulators

PGR3

PGR3.1

OTHER PLANT GROWTH
REGULATORS

OTHER PGR

Other Plant Protection
Products, total:

Mineral oils

ZR0

ZR1

ZR1.1

MINERAL OIL

PETROLEUM OILS

64742-55-8

29

Vegetal oils

ZR2

ZR2.1

VEGETAL OIL

TAR OILS

Soil sterilants (incl. Nematicides)

ZR3

ZR3.1

METHYL BROMIDE

METHYL BROMIDE

ZR3.2

OTHER SOIL STERILANTS

CHLOROPICRIN

30

128

298

146

675

20

74-83-9

76-06-2

533-74-4

DAZOMET

1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE

542-75-6

METAM-SODIUM

137-42-8

OTHER SOIL STERILANTS

ZR3.2

ZR3.2

ZR3.2

ZR3.2

ZR4

Rodenticides

ZR4.1

RODENTICIDES

BRODIFACOUM

56073-10-0

370

ZR4.1

ZR4.1

BROMADIOLONE

28772-56-7

371

CHLORALOSE

15879-93-3

249

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Major groups

Code

Chemical Class

Substances common names

CAS RN (1)

CIPAC (2)

Categories of products

Common Nomenclature

ZR4.1

ZR4.1

ZR4.1

ZR4.1

ZR4.1

ZR4.1

ZR4.1

ZR5

All other plant protection
products

CHLOROPHACINONE

COUMATETRALYL

DIFENACOUM

DIFETHIALONE

FLOCOUMAFEN

WARFARIN

OTHER RODENTICIDES

3691-35-8

5836-29-3

56073-07-5

104653-34-1

90035-08-8

81-81-2

208

189

514

549

453

70

ZR5.1

DISINFECTANTS

OTHER DISINFECTANTS

ZR5.2

OTHER PLANT PROTECTION
PRODUCTS

OTHER PPP

(1) Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Numbers.
(2) Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council.

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STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL'S REASONS

I. INTRODUCTION

On 12 December 2006 the Commission submitted to the Council, on the basis of Article 285(1) of the
EC Treaty, a proposal (1) for a Regulation concerning statistics on plant protection products.

The European Parliament adopted its first-reading Opinion in March 2008 (see doc. 7412/08).

The Economic and Social Committee adopted its Opinion in July 2007 (2). The Committee of the
Regions decided in June 2007 that it would not adopt an Opinion.

On 20 November 2008, the Council adopted its Common Position in accordance with Article 251 of
the EC Treaty.

II. OBJECTIVES

The proposal seeks to ensure that comparable statistical data are collected in all Member States, making
it possible to calculate with other relevant data harmonised risk indicators.

It provides, in particular, for harmonised rules for the collection and dissemination of data concerning
the placing on the market and the use of plant protection products. It also instructs the Member States
to collect data regularly, on how to collect data and how to transmit data to the Commission.

III. ANALYSIS OF THE COMMON POSITION

1. General observations

In its first reading on 12 March 2008, the European Parliament adopted 26 amendments. In its
Common Position, the Council took into account 5 amendments. Out of these, amendment 5 is fully
incorporated while amendments 10, 13, 18 and 32 are accepted in spirit or partially incorporated.

The Common Position also includes other changes, not envisaged by the European Parliament, which
address a number of concerns expressed by the Member States in the course of negotiations.

A number of technical and editorial amendments were also introduced to define the scope of some
provisions, to make the wording of the Regulation more explicit and to guarantee legal certainty, or
increase its consistency with other Community instruments.

2. Specific comments

— Extension of the scope of the Regulation

Amendments 1, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 21 and 26 were not accepted by the Council since it considered
that it would be burdensome for the respondents and administrations to extend the scope
beyond sales and use.

— Inclusion of biocides

Amendments 11, 12, 22, 33 and 34 were not accepted by the Council since the knowledge of
and the experience with biocides are still limited and the impact is unknown since the sector is
under development.

(1) OJ C 126 of 7.6.2007, p. 5.
(2) OJ C 256 of 27.10.2007, p. 86.

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— Choice of data sources

Amendment 14

Requiring that the Commission approves the methods would involve a costly and cumbersome
procedure. In line with the subsidiarity principle, the choice of data collection methods or data
sources is the competence of the Member States.

— Evaluation of data collected by a qualified group of experts

Amendment 31

Such an evaluation can not be accepted by the Council because it goes beyond the purpose of the
Regulation.

— Adaptation of the list of substances on a regular basis and in the light of ongoing consideration of active

substances

Amendment 19

This suggestion may lead to unnecessary increase of the administrative burden.

— Confidentiality

Amendment 16, 25, 30

The Commission has the obligation to take all necessary measures to ensure the protection of
the confidential data transmitted by the Member States as provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 322/97. Therefore, there is no need to introduce new provisions or references in this respect.

— Annual reporting obligation on quantities of PPP

Amendment 15 and 23

The Regulation provides for the obligation for Member States to transmit to the Commission the
required statistics. Member States shall select the data collection methods or data sources they
consider the most appropriate. The obligation for reporting on the quantities of plant protection
products produced, imported or exported have to be considered within the framework of the
Regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market.

— Publication of data

Amendment 25 and 28

The Council cannot accept to introduce in this particular Regulation the obligation for Member
States to publish the statistics. The Regulation provides for the obligation for Member States to
collect the necessary data and transmit the statistical results to the Commission.

— Definitions

The definitions have been amended to take account of and align them to the ones used in the
Regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market.

— Governing principles

Accuracy is not enumerated among the principles that shall govern Community statistics
according to Regulation (EC) No 322/97 which is referred to in recital 8. The Council can there-
fore not accept amendment 3. However, this principle has been retained by the Council among
the quality criteria in Article 4.

— Reference to Regulation (EC) No 322/97 and Regulation (EC) No 1588/90

A new recital 8 has been introduced to clarify the framework within which the transmission of
data has to be carried out and to recall how the confidentiality of data is ensured.

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— Objectives

The Council agrees to make a reference in Article 1 to Article 14 of the Directive on sustainable
use of pesticides. However, the Council cannot accept that the purpose of the Regulation should
be to implement and evaluate the Thematic Strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides as
suggested by the EP in its Amendment 10.

— Quality assessment

The Council has introduced an Article about quality assessment (Article 4). The quality assess-
ment dimensions have already been inserted in other statistical files such as European Parliament
and Council Regulations on population and housing censuses, concerning meat and livestock
statistics, on energy statistics and on Community jobs vacancies.

— Implementation measures

Since the Article introduced by the Council on quality assessment is quite specific, the reference
to the regulatory procedures for the quality reports and reporting measures has been deleted.
Furthermore, the definition of the ‘area treated’ has been moved from Annex II to Article 5 and
the possibility for the Commission to amend the harmonised classification has also been moved
from Annex III to Article 5.

— Annex II, Section I, coverage

The Council has opted for providing the Member States with a large margin of appreciation to
select the crops to be covered. The report on the implementation of the Regulation according to
Article 7 will be an opportunity to evaluate if it is necessary to modify the selection of crops.

IV. CONCLUSION

The Council considers that its Common Position represents a balanced and realistic solution for a
number of concerns for this first effort to collect data that are comparable on plant protection products.
It looks forward to a constructive discussion with the European Parliament with a view to a workable
agreement on this Regulation.