1. Minor Uses Developments in the European Union
Global Minor Uses Summit
1-4 October 2017, Montreal, Canada
Jeroen Meeussen – EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility
Co-funded by the European Union

2. Content
EU Regulatory Framework
Regulatory hurdles

3. EU Pesticide Legislation
Impact on minor uses
PLACING ON THE
MARKET
RESIDUES IN
FOOD/FEED
Regulation
1107/2009
Regulation
396/2005

4. Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 Approval vs AuthorisationEU
Approval
Active Substance
National Authorisation
Plant Protection Product
One decision applying to all
28 Member States
One decision applying to
one Member State

5. Minor Uses - definition
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 – Article 3(26): Use of a plant protection product in a particular Member State on plants or plant products which are: (a) not widely grown in that Member State, or (b) widely grown to meet an exceptional plant protection need
National dimension
Minor crop
Minor use on a major crop

6. Extension of Authorisation
Existing authorisations can be extended to minor uses (derogation for efficacy and phytotoxicity)
Member States may encourage /facilitate extension of uses
Mutual recognition of extensions
Regulation
1107/2009

7. EU Pesticide Legislation
MRLs in food and feed
EU: two residue zones
Guidance Document: Rules for residue extrapolation
RESIDUES IN
FOOD/FEED
Regulation
396/2005

8. REFIT
Regulatory Fitness & Performance Program Formal evaluation process of Reg (EC) 1107/2009 and Reg (EC) 396/2005
Commission's commitment to ensure that EU legislation is effective and efficient in achieving its public policy objectives at minimum cost.
Review Clause: Article 82: Reg (EC) 1107/2009 Article 47: Reg (EC) 396/2005

9. Content
EU Regulatory Framework
Regulatory hurdles

10. Minor Uses - Definition
Is this a workable definition?
Leaves it up to individual Member States to define what is considered a ‘minor use/crop’;
Hinders the zonal procedure and mutual recognition;
A definition based on acreage (at least per zone) is favoured by EU growers associations.

11. 2, 3, 4 zones Reg 1107/2009 Zones EPPO Zones EPPO Zones vs

12. enGLOBAL RESIDUE STUDY
GLOBAL RESIDUE STUDY-Blueberry
enGLOBAL RESIDUE STUDY
“European Commission and Member States considered these findings as interesting and worthwhile to be further explored in the long term and at international level.”
26 total field sites in 9 countries

13. Residue data generated outside the EU
In general, Member States support the use of residue data generated outside the EU, when scientifically valid, in granting minor uses extensions.
Active substance data requirements (Regulation (EC) No 283/2013) which state under Part A Section 6.3:  Part of the trials may be replaced by trials performed outside the Union, provided that they correspond to the critical GAP and that the production conditions (such as cultural practices, climatic conditions) are comparable. 
What if all trials are generated outside the EU?

14. (Un)Harmonized Crop Grouping and Extrapolation

15. Some points for discussion…
An EU wide definition of ‘minor crop’ and ‘minor pest’ is needed to facilitate minor use authorisations.
Existing residue data from non-EU countries should be acceptable if the GAP is identical or comparable to the EU application.
Applications for MRL’s should always be maximally extrapolated to the entire crop group.
When a Member State grants an authorization it should put all minor crops within a crop group on the label, even though the application may only have been done for the major crop.
It is critical to increase the availability of sustainable PPPs even more now the EUs ongoing (regular) review of active substances raises doubts about the safety of several substances which are currently approved, which might lead to a further loss of products that were in use –also for speciality crops- up to now.

16. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ANY QUESTIONS
Jeroen Meeussen Coordinator European Union Minor Uses Coordination Facility 21 boulevard Richard Lenoir Paris FRANCE T +33(0) M +33(0) E website:
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