EN
L 74/4
Official Journal of the European Union
13.3.2023
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/564 of 10 March 2023 as regards the content and format of the records of plant protection products kept by professional users pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (1), and in particular Article 67(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Pursuant to Article 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, professional users of plant protection products are to keep records of those products they use, containing the name of the product, the time and the dose of application, the area treated and the crop where the product was used.
(2)
Under Article 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, professional users are also to make the relevant information available to the competent authority on request.
Furthermore, third parties may request the competent authorities to provide access to that information and competent authorities are to provide such access in accordance with applicable national or Union law.
(3)
The Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (‘the Farm to Fork Strategy’) (2), adopted by the Commission in 2020, aims to reduce dependency on, and use of, chemical plant protection products.
Adequate recording of the use of plant protection products, and national authorities’ monitoring and control activities based on such records, are therefore instrumental to the achievement of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objectives.
(4)
There are differences between national regimes as regards the records kept by professional users of plant protection products under Article 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and whether they are kept electronically.
Therefore, this Regulation establishes detailed rules on the content and format of those records.
(5)
Those rules define how the elements listed in Article 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 relating to the use of plant protection products (name of the product, time, dose, area and crop of application) are to be recorded, so that the adequate and uniform quality of records kept under that article is ensured throughout the Union.
(1) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1.
(2) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM(2020) 381 final).