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Spain: The Citrus Management Committee warns of the impact of the phytosanitary regulation

Spain
Published Oct 18, 2022

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On June 22, the revision that the European Commission (EC) proposes to carry out of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of phytosanitary products was published. The proposal that remains on the table today modifies the current directive – the most restrictive in the world – and transforms it into a regulation. This change is not trivial since a directive involves imposing a result but not the means to achieve it and a regulation is directly applicable as a whole, without transposition at the national level.

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On June 22, the review that the European Commission (EC) proposes to carry out of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of phytosanitary products was published. The proposal that remains on the table today modifies the current directive – the most restrictive in the world – and transforms it into a regulation. This change is not trivial since a directive involves imposing a result but not the means to achieve it and a regulation is directly applicable as a whole, without transposition at the national level. The proposed new regulation is one of the key instruments to apply the European 'Green Deal' by 2030 which, in the case of the agricultural sector, is executed through the 'From farm to table' project. And in terms of phytosanitary products, this strategy requires reducing the use and risk of pesticides by 50% on that date. To achieve this, the proposal now proposes that in all the so-called 'sensitive' areas it is prohibited to apply these products. The Citrus ...
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