Pesticides banned in Europe

摘要

Finding out which pesticides are banned, restricted or not approved within the EU is not easy. It relates not only to pesticides withdrawn or not approved under the ongoing regulatory review of existing and new active ingredients (managed by DG Health and Consumer Protection) but also to the EU's notification of specific bans to the Rotterdam Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Convention (handled by DG Environment and the EC Joint Research Centre). To fill this information gap, PAN UK first published a detailed briefing on 'Which pesticides are banned in Europe?' in 2007, updated in 2008. The value of this explanatory guidance to the EU decision making process along with the full list of active ingredients which qualify as bans has been much appreciated by many individuals and organisations, including Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade Labelling Organisation and Unilever. This factsheet updates the table of active ingredients, as of 15 July 2010. New additions since the 2008 PAN Europe factsheet are in bold in the table below.