Directorate F Health and food audits and analysis

Directorate F, Health and food audits and analysis Overview of Directorate F audits on SUD – Integrated Pest Management Grange, Ireland 15 May 2019

Contents • Rationale, Objective and Scope of Audits. IPM • Main findings • • Encouraging IPM Legal framework in audited MSs IPM Enforcement Some specificities • Next steps

Rationale, Objective and Scope ü Public concern: approval/authorisation, placing on the market and use (fact finding mission to audit) ü to evaluate the implementation of some measures to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides, in particular, ü Scope variable depending on weaknesses previously identified ü IPM always included

Encouraging IPM • Article 4 on National Action Plans • SUD provided for an "implementation phase" 2009 to 2014 • Establishing conditions for implementation of IPM: • Information and tools for pest monitoring and decision making and advisory services

Encouraging IPM • Early warning systems in place: • • In all 10 audited MSs Monitoring pest-diseases for the main crops Forecasting models: weather/diseases Availing of new technologies: smartphone APPs (big data) • Free of charge, with one exception • Control operations by public services • Olive fruit fly • Massive release of sterile males for Mediterranean fruit fly • Confusion techniques

Encouraging IPM • IPM Guidelines: • All 10 audited MSs working on development of IPM guidelines • Guidelines released and published in 9 MSs • In 5 MSs, IPM guidelines cover crops grown on more than 80% of UAA • Advisory services • Private and public services • Obligation to make use of officially recognised advisory services • Initiatives: demo farms / knowledge transference • Connexion: research and advisory services

IPM. Legal framework in audited MSs • IPM has been made mandatory in audited MSs • Still weak/unclear/indirect mandate in National legislation in some cases • Records associated to IPM (enforcement): • In 2 MSs, legally provisions in place requiring keeping records, although not specifying type of records. • In 8 MSs, no legal requirement for "IPM records". - Template forms issued by CA

IPM Enforcement • No system for assessment of implementation of IPM principles in 5 MSs • Partially in 5 MSs: • • HU: agri-environmental measures IE and CY: self-assessment (not challenged) IE and LT: survey / research study BG: inspection includes questions on IPM principles (but no cross references techniques)

Some specificities • AT: High share of Organic farming (23%) • ES: certain crops are considered low pesticide-input (e. g. not irrigated low yield combinable crops) • FR: demonstration farms. Use reduction achieved from 14% to 38% depending on crops • Public schemes on Integrated Production: Third party inspections • Mode of action on labels to facilitate user to establish anti-resistant strategy • Mandatory prescription system in place • Dealers to submit details of every PPP sale to CA

Next steps • POSITIVE outcome on efforts by MSs to establish conditions to facilitate users to implement IPM • Coming soon… assessing implementation