joint-recommendations-on-am-re-agri-statistics-reform-5-10-9e293773aeff0ff3.pdf

ClientEarth and 20 partner organisations advocate for the modernisation of EU agricultural chemical statistics. They argue that current data gaps prevent effective monitoring of human health and environmental risks. The recommendations urge the AGRI committee to support amendments that ensure the collection of exhaustive data on pesticides, biocides, and veterinary products, published at a granular level (active substance, product, crop, and postal code) to enable informed policy decisions and public transparency.

• The EU currently lacks a comprehensive and precise understanding of the extent to which people and the environment are exposed to agricultural chemicals, which hinders the ability of public authorities to assess the effectiveness of health and environmental protections.
• The authors argue that data collection must be expanded beyond plant protection products and fertilisers to include biocides and veterinary medicinal products, as these can contain the same dangerous active ingredients.
• To ensure meaningful data, the document recommends that statistics be collected exhaustively for chemicals input, rejecting exemptions for Member States with 'low or zero prevalence' or those whose impact on the EU total is limited, because every emission contributes to the overall chemical burden.
• The document advocates for the publication of data at a high level of detail—specifically by active substance, product, year, crop/animal species, and postal code—to overcome current barriers in assessing real-life exposure for agricultural workers and rural residents.
• The authors dismiss concerns that granular data publication violates personal data privacy, citing evidence from France where the risk of indirectly revealing farm addresses occurred for only 0.1% of quantities sold in 2019.
• The recommendations oppose amendments that would delay data collection or require repeated 'feasibility' and impact assessments, citing the urgency of the biodiversity crisis and the decline of pollinators in Europe.

APA

ClientEarth (2021). joint-recommendations-on-am-re-agri-statistics-reform-5-10-9e293773aeff0ff3.pdf. https://www.clientearth.org/media/2hgeipuo/joint-recommendations-on-am-re-agri-statistics-reform-5-10.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. joint-recommendations-on-am-re-agri-statistics-reform-5-10-9e293773aeff0ff3.pdf. 2021. https://www.clientearth.org/media/2hgeipuo/joint-recommendations-on-am-re-agri-statistics-reform-5-10.pdf.

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2021jointrecommendationsonamreagristatisticsreform5109e293773aeff0ff3pdf, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{joint-recommendations-on-am-re-agri-statistics-reform-5-10-9e293773aeff0ff3.pdf}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2021}, month = oct, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/2hgeipuo/joint-recommendations-on-am-re-agri-statistics-reform-5-10.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }