Great Britain’s competent authority HSE published on 02.03.2023 a bulletin on unacceptable co-formulants.
2nd March 2023
GB adopts unacceptable co-formulants list
02March
30th August 2022
UK Health updates guidance Risk Characterisation Methods
30August
The UK Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food updated its Guidance on Risk characterisation methods for carcinogens.
9th August 2022
Germany publishes 2021 sales figures
09August
The German competent authority BVL published on 09.08.2022 the annual sales figures for pesticides active substances for the year 2021.
9th August 2022
Germany must adapt to European standard TER calculation
The German competent authority issued a press release, informing about the decision of the Braunschweig Administrative Court of 17.03.2017 (!) and its consequences for German risk calculations.
22nd July 2022
ANSES instructions for data matching submissions
22July
The French competent authority published new instructions for the submission of data matching dossiers.
23rd June 2022
Belgium updates guidance parallel trade
23June
The Belgian competent authority updated its webpage with instructions for parallel trade (in french or dutch, or use 1107Updates link to machine-translated english).
17th June 2022
Cinmethylin approved in GB
17June
GB’s competent authority HSE announced on 15.06.2022 that the new BASF herbicide active substance cinmethylin is approved.
17th June 2022
Spanish strawberry farmers demand emergency authorisations
Freshuelva, the association for strawberry growers in the Spanish region Huelva, demands that the Ministry of Agriculture grants emergency authorisations to help them to safeguard their crops.
10th June 2022
NL Minister answers Parliament questions on pesticides
10June
On 08.06.2022 The Dutch Minister of Agriculture sent a 26-page letter to the Parliament, answering a long list of questions from the Parliament about pesticides.
2nd June 2022
Dutch Ctgb announces accelerated procedure for low-risk minor uses
02June
On 01.06.2022 Ctgb announced that its Board has approved a special procedure for low-risk minor uses.
13th May 2022
Audit report published on Marketing & Use of PPPs, Malta
13May
On 06.05.2022 Directorate F of DG Sante (formerly: FVO) published an audit report on the controls on the marketing and use of plant protection products in Malta.
5th April 2022
Belgium updates MRL Guidance Document
05April
On 01.04.2022 the Belgian competent authority published an updated version of the national guidance for setting MRLs, import tolerances and confirmatory data for MRLs.
5th April 2022
Dutch position on SCoPAFF voting points
The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture publishes shortly before every SCoPAFF Legislation meeting its position on voting points to the Parliament. These letters are published on the Dutch government...
24th March 2022
Ctgb publishes Committee meeting reports
24March
The Dutch competent authority Ctgb (College voor de toelating gewasbeschermingsmiddelen en biociden) has decided to publish reports of the meetings of the “College”, starting in 2022.
6th February 2022
ANSES: using Drosophila as an indicator for inducing Parkinson’s disease
06February
ANSES published on 04.02.2022 an article on the use of Drosophila fly to assess the risk of a pesticide inducing Parkinson’s disease.
28th January 2022
Dutch intentions for the SCoPAFF Legislation meeting
28January
The Dutch Ministery of Agriculture informed on 25.01.2022 the Dutch Parliament on its intentions for the SCoPAFF Legislation meeting of 27-28.01.2022.
18th January 2022
UK approves emergency use of thiamethoxam
18January
UK DEFRA published on 14.01.2022 its decision to grant an emergency authorisation for the use of thiamethoxam in sugarbeets.
17th January 2022
Public consultation Belgian pesticide reduction programme
17January
Belgium opened a public consultation on its National Pesticide Reduction Plan for the period 2023-2027.
6th December 2021
Belgian Bee Guidance updated
06December
Belgium published an updated version of the national Bee Guidance document
2nd November 2021
German data-requirements for adjuvants/bee studies
02November
The German competent authority BVL published on 02.11.2021 a brief guidance on the data requirements for the authorisation for adjuvants.