ICON-Institute Public Sector State of progress of the proposal for a Regulation concerning statistics on PPPs Vilnius, 5-6 September 2007 Transition Facility Statistical Cooperation Programme 2005 LOT 2 – Pesticide Indicators ICON-Institute Public Sector

ICON-Institute Public Sector Background 6EAP (2001-2010) request for reduction of risk posed to health and environment by the use of pesticides Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (COM(2006) 372 final, 12.7.2006) ICON-Institute Public Sector

Background (continued) Proposal for a Directive establishing a framework for Cty action to achieve a sust. use of pesticides (COM(2006) 373 final, 12.7.2006) (« Basic Directive ») Proposal for a Regulation on placing of PPPs on the market (COM(2006) 388 final, 12.7.2006) ICON-Institute Public Sector

Background (continued) Proposal for a Regulation concerning statistics on plant protection products (COM(2006) 778 final, 11.12.2006) ICON-Institute Public Sector

ICON-Institute Public Sector Recent documents/developments cocnerning the Proposal for a Regulation on PPs statistics Note from the DE Presidency (13 April 2007) with results on the written consultation of the MSs (concerns expressed by 7 MSs out of 12 replying) Draft report from the agriculture section of EP (23.7.2007) which is consulted for opinion, (ie. not yet the official EP opinion) ICON-Institute Public Sector

ICON-Institute Public Sector Recent documents/developments concerning the Proposal for a Regulation on PPPs statistics Note from the DE Presidency. Better coherence between Article 14 (Indicators) of the «Basic Directive», the Regulation on placing of PPPs on the market and the Regulation for PPPs statistics ICON-Institute Public Sector

Recent documents/developments (continued) Closer linkage between Regulation on placing of PPPs on the market and the Regulation on PPPs statistics Adoption of Proposal for the stats. Regulation should come after Basic Directive and Regulation on placing are definite, and after validation of HAIR indicators ICON-Institute Public Sector

Recent documents/developments (continued) Suggestion to keep only Regulation on placing and Basic Directive or delete «use of the pesticides » part from the Proposal and use sales as a proxy for actual use, which lead to major changes in the Regulation ICON-Institute Public Sector

Recent documents/developments (continued) Draft report from the agriculture section of EP : Make the objectives of the Proposal clearer (Thematic strategy, HAIR) Do not exclude non-agricultural use so as to include e.g. communal services, road/railway maintenance depts etc. Provide the basis for recording product flows, in particular illegal imported products ICON-Institute Public Sector

Recent documents/developments (continued) Express clearly obligation to report annually on quantities produced, placed on the market or exported Avoid duplicating obligations on farmers to record and collect data, to reduce costs ICON-Institute Public Sector

ICON-Institute Public Sector Future of the Proposal Depends on EP and Council : Portuguese Presidency will do their best to have a discussion in the STATIS Working Party before end 2007 Adoption under Slovenian Presidency 1st half 2008 ? ICON-Institute Public Sector

ICON-Institute Public Sector EP agenda ENVI section of EP (official rapporteur) will finalise its report on 17 September First exchange of views at EP: 8-9 October Deadline for submission of amendments: 23 October Vote at ENVI Committee: 20-21 November Vote in Plenary EP session: January 2008 ICON-Institute Public Sector

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