The CEMA decal - promotion of the inspection of brand new sprayers

Abstract

The placing of pesticide application equipment (PAE) on the market incompliance with the European legislation and the in-use inspection are both covered by this CEMA initiative. The declaration of conformity is part of the sprayer operator handbook and demands a risk assessment of the manufacturer. On top of this some customers, dealers and importers want to be double sure that the new sprayer will pass the first inspection for sprayers in use and that the sprayer is accompanied. In combination with a national test report and the CEMA decal a further proof of compliance is given, but it has to be stated that this is not a legal requirement. The leading European sprayer manufactures represented in CEMA have started to harmonise such optional individual sprayer proof of compliance by means of mutual recognition of national test reports and the belonging decal. To use the CEMA decal the sprayer manufacturer needs to be an authorised test centre, while the suitable test protocol could be adapted to a certain demand. An important precondition for the authorisation is a verification and agreement of the manufacturer’s test protocol by the authorisation body of a Member State. The presentation will promote the use of this preliminary inspection. A report will be given, to show the status after the launch on the Agritechnica 2017. The CEMA decal supports the approach of the manufacturers to bring new PAE to a higher safety and quality level. A positive effect is also that the training and the certification of the test staff is easier, as only one national certificate is demanded. The CEMA decal will supports the mutual recognition between the authorisation bodies.