Legal changes in the European Union to increase the safety of plant protection products use.

摘要

At present, the main legal act concerning the placing of plant protection products in the market and ensuring the safety of plant protection products is Directive 91/414. This directive will soon be replaced. The following legal acts that aim to increase the safety of the use of plant protection products have already been adopted or will be adopted in the future in the European Union: Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides; Directive of the European Parliament and the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides; Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC; and Directive of the European Parliament and the Council presenting essential environmental protection requirements for the placing of new pesticides, application equipment and accessories in the market. New legal documents on pesticide use are presented and the possibility of their implementation in Poland is discussed briefly.