DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE FOR PESTICIDE APPLICATION EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE EU DIRECTIVE 009/128

摘要

The EU Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides requires that Member States (MS) ensure that all Pesticide Application Equipment (PAE) in professional use shall be subject to inspection at regular intervals. In the Article 8.3 of theDirective, the MS are allowed to apply different timetables and inspection intervals or to derogate from the mandatory inspection at regular intervals for certain types of PAE based on a Risk Assessment (RA) for human health and environment, and on an assessment of the scale of use.Within the framework of the SIRA-APESTICON project, a risk assessment protocol is being developed. Risk will be evaluated for the health of the operator, for the health of the consumer and for the environment. The protocol is supported by a literature review and by experts' opinion. It is based, among others, on technical parameters subject to inspections and on scale of use of the PAE types. It will be applied on the equipment in use and will offer guidelines about the necessity to carry out an inspection of every PAE in use.