Common EU registration rules and their effects on the availability of diverse plant protection products: A case study from oilseed rape and potato in 5 Member States

摘要

An analysis of the availability of potato and oilseed rape protection products in the Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia performed in 2016 shows substantive differences in the number of products on the market in the different countries. The differences in the number of available active substances and their modes of action is not so great, however, in the individual Member States variant active substances are often used. Only one third of fungicide, herbicide and insecticide active substances are registered for potato protection in all five Member States. In the case of oilseed rape the share of active substances available in all the five Member States amounts to 40% in the case of fungicides and up to 60% among herbicides and insecticides.