Fourth European Workshop on the inspection of plant protection equipment – Inspection will become compulsory in the EU

Authors

  • Hans-Joachim Wehmann Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Institut für Anwendungstechnik im Pflanzenschutz, Braunschweig
  • Heinz Ganzelmeier Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Institut für Anwendungstechnik im Pflanzenschutz, Braunschweig

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2013.10.03

Keywords:

Inspection of plant protection equipment, EU-Directive, EN-Standardization

Abstract

The SPISE 4 Workshop took place in Lana, South Tyrol, March 2012. More than 100 participants from 29 Euro­pean countries took part. The Workshop was organized by the SPISE Working Group (SWG), to which representatives from Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany belong (http://spise.jki.bund.de/).

The aim of the SPISE 4 Workshop was to support the introduction of inspections of plant protection equipment already in use in the Member States of the EU. Following the publication of Directive 2009/128/EC in October 2009, the Member States have to introduce technical inspections for plant protection equipment at regular intervals and ensure that all items of plant protection equipment have been inspected at least once by 2016.

The Directive determines the key points. The development of procedures is left to the Member States according to the principle of subsidiarity. They have a fair amount of leeway and are able to take their own experience and conditions into consideration.

 

 

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Published

2013-10-01

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 10 (2013)

Section

Short Communication

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