1. ICON-Institute Public Sector1 The project “Pesticide indicators” and the use of PPP’s in the context of the new Regulation on PPPs Riga, 19-20 July 2007 Transition Facility Statistical Cooperation Programme 2005 LOT 2 – Pesticide Indicators

2. ICON-Institute Public Sector2 Objectives of the proposal  collect comparable data making it possible to calculate harmonised risk indicators  speci fi c breakdown and form, and fixed period of time from the end of a reference year as defined in the Annexes of the Regulation.

3. ICON-Institute Public Sector3 Requirements set to Member States 1.Provision of data on PPP use 2.Provision of data quality report.

4. ICON-Institute Public Sector4 Requirement 1 Provision of data on PPP use

5. ICON-Institute Public Sector5 Scope  The annual agricultural use amounts of PPPs according to Annex II.  The scope of the Thematic Strategy and of Regulation proposal have been limited to PPPs.  May be expanded in future for biocides.  Statistics need to be detailed up to the level of the active substances.

6. ICON-Institute Public Sector6 Coverage  Statistics shall cover at least 75% of the total quantity of substances placed on the market annually for agricultural use as estimated in the quality report on the 2nd reference year (Section 6 of Annex I) and all substances listed in Annex III (kg)  Compilation of the total area cultivated and the 'area of the crop treated' with each substance (ha).

7. ICON-Institute Public Sector7 Methodology  Common rules are based on the "Guidelines for the collection of pesticide usage statistics within agriculture and horticulture"  When no official translation exists, the names of substances shall be the English common names published by the British Crop Production Council (BCPC)

8. ICON-Institute Public Sector8 Data collection  surveys,  reporting obligations applicable to professional users based on records kept on the use of PPPs,  administrative sources, or  a combination of these means, including statistical estimation procedures

9. ICON-Institute Public Sector9 Specific items of importance  data collection method: decision to organize surveys through personal visits or telephone/mail interviews.  frequency of surveys : annual basis is unrealistic and not always ideal: cf.impact of climatic conditions, crop rotation

10. ICON-Institute Public Sector10 Specific items of importance (continued)  rate of application : cf. area treated and the amounts used  area treated : total area receiving the applications, including areas nearby rivers and hedgerows.  commercial names of products and conversion to a.s. : cf. prefixes, suffixes.

11. ICON-Institute Public Sector11 Specific items of importance (continued)  other possible variables of interest: name of the varieties, n° of treatments, crop rotation system, dates of sowing and harvest for annual crops  link between purchase of PPPs and utilization during the crop season: products may be purchased but not utilized, given to neighbors...

12. ICON-Institute Public Sector12 Specific items of importance (continued)  utilization of qualified enumerators,  collaboration between statisticians and PP services,  representativeness of data : addressed through sampling design  possible sources for identifying target population: lists of units, area frame, use of existing surveys

13. ICON-Institute Public Sector13 Requirement 2 Provision of data quality report

14. ICON-Institute Public Sector14 Rules  definition of the format and content of the quality reports to be supplied by the Member States: Section 6 of Annex II

15. ICON-Institute Public Sector15 Content  design of the sampling methodology;  methodology used to collect data;  estimation of the relative importance of the crops covered with regard to the overall amount of PPPs used

16. ICON-Institute Public Sector16 Content (continued)  relevant aspects of quality according to the methodology used to collect data;  comparison between data on plant protection products used during the 5-year period and PPPs placed on the market during the 5 corresponding years.

17. ICON-Institute Public Sector17 Thank you for your attention