Efficacy evaluation of plant protection products -PP 1/248 (2) Harmonized classification and coding of the uses of plant protection products

摘要

This Standard proposes a harmonized classification of the uses of plant protection products to facilitate the exchange of data for the purposes of registration, and provides for a system of codes for such uses to form part of the EPPO code system.One of the objectives of EPPO Standards PP1 on efficacy evaluation of plant protection products is, by describing standard methods for the conduct of field trials, to facilitate the exchange and comparison, between countries, of the data included in thebiological dossier for registration. The data from an evaluation trial concerns a declared 'use' of a plant protection product, and will be most relevant for registration of the product in another country if the 'uses' concerned are recognized to be thesame or equivalent. To date, there has been considerable variation between EPPO member countries in the declared uses of products, and this has complicated the exchange and comparison of data, and the 'mutual recognition' which is called for, in particular, in the Regulation (EC) 1107/2009. The aim of this Standard is to provide a system for consistently characterizing product uses, so that uses in different countries can be compared and assessed for their potential equivalence. In the future, such a system may lead to substantial convergence between countries in the uses which are registered. Since it is already current practice in the EPPO Standards PP1 to characterize hosts and target pests by their EPPO (formerlyBayer) codes, codes of the same type are proposed for the purpose of fuller description of uses.