Evaluation of the outcome of the trilogue held on 2 June on the reform of pesticides statistics

ClientEarth and partners assess the trilogue agreement on SAIO regulation, noting progress in the potential for annual pesticide data collection from 2028 and the inclusion of veterinary products. However, they warn that annual collection is conditional upon future legislation requiring electronic records from professional users, and that data will not be available at a regional level or include biocidal products.

• The trilogue agreement introduces the possibility of annual pesticide use data collection and publication in the future, which is an improvement over the Council's initial position of maintaining a five-year frequency based on voluntary surveys.
• Annual collection of pesticide use data will not occur before 2028; instead, a single data transmission is scheduled for 2026, likely relying on voluntary surveys for a specific list of crops to be defined by the Commission.
• The implementation of annual data collection starting in 2028 is conditional upon the adoption of Union legislation that mandates professional pesticide users to maintain electronic records. If this legislation is not adopted, data transmission may only occur every two years.
• The agreed text includes several specific data parameters: it covers all pesticides regardless of whether they have standard or 'emergency' authorization, distinguishes between organic and non-organic farming, and includes veterinary products alongside pesticides and fertilisers.
• The document identifies several shortcomings in the agreement: pesticide use data will only be available at the national level rather than regional, biocidal products are excluded, and there is a lack of legal certainty that data will be published per active substance.

APA

ClientEarth (2022). Evaluation of the outcome of the trilogue held on 2 June on the reform of pesticides statistics. https://www.clientearth.org/media/wtal42m4/analysis-outcome-trilogue-saio-6-6-22.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Evaluation of the outcome of the trilogue held on 2 June on the reform of pesticides statistics. 2022. https://www.clientearth.org/media/wtal42m4/analysis-outcome-trilogue-saio-6-6-22.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2022evaluation, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Evaluation of the outcome of the trilogue held on 2 June on the reform of pesticides statistics}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/wtal42m4/analysis-outcome-trilogue-saio-6-6-22.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }