1. Sub-Group “Agriculture and Environment”
10.2 A new survey on pesticides usage statistics derived from manufacturers data ?
Christian Heidorn, Eurostat F3
Meeting of the
Sub-Group “Agriculture and Environment”
of the Agricultural Statistics Committee
and the “Environment and sustainable development”
Joint Eurostat/EFTA Working Party
Meeting of 29 and 30 October 2003

2. Background
19 May Workshop
Survey based on pesticides usage data provided by ECPA member companies; published as Eurostat report ‘Detailed Tables, 2002’;
EU wide data ( ) in a harmonised form, however:
Comparison studies from Sweden, United Kingdom and The Netherlands showed significant differences of ECPA data to national survey results in all three countries;
Conclusion: before we agree on a new contract, it shall be examined if major improvements can be made.

3. Follow - up Meeting of Member States and Eurostat with ECPA companies
(8 October 2003)
2 Countries, 7 Companies and Eurostat participated;
After presentations and discussion, “Action Points” were agreed:
1) Companies to check if they will be in a position to provide data for 2003 in next round;
2) ECPA to consider ways of ensuring proper coverage of generic compounds;
3) Better communication among the companies: Guidance for data delivery to “Trustee”;

4. Follow - up (2)
Meeting of Member States and Eurostat with ECPA companies
4) ECPA to update list of Active Ingredients for which data to be collected;
5) Methodology: ECPA to provide full documentation and explanation of the methodology used;
6) Enlargement: Questionnaire for companies to provide details on the data that can be provided in the new Member States;
7) Eurostat to provide a short summary of expectations from the project.