Theme of the day of 22 October 2007

Pesticides package

EU legislation on plant protection products (PPPs), more commonly known as pesticides, is being revised. On Monday 22nd October the European Parliament will debate a report by Christa Klass MEP (Germany). The use of hazardous substances is to be reduced by 50 percent by 2013. CMR (cancerogene, mutigenous and reprotoxic) substances will disappear from the market.

The main objectives of the report are: to reduce health hazards to limit the use of plant protecting products and to make the whole system more transparent

Report of Christa Klass MEP on a sustainable use of pesticides

Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Website of Christa Klass MEP

Press releases:

23/10/2007	Plant protection: EU legislation now on the right track. Christa Klass MEP
23/10/2007	EU-Standards bei Pflanzenschutzmitteln müssen hohen Gesundheitsschutz bringen und vergleichbar sowie praktikabel sein/ EU plant protection must guarantee high health standards. Anja Weisgerber MEP
23/10/2007	Pesticides: 'Aussi peu que possible, autant que nécessaire.' Ambroise Guellec, MdPE
24/10/2007	Pesticides: vers un changement de culture dans l'agriculture. Françoise Grossetête, MdPE

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