Crop and Sector Specific Guidelines for Integrated Plant ProtectionBerlin, 19 -21 May 2011 
We thank 43 delegates from 16 nations for their participation!
4th International Symposium organised by
the German Phytomedical Society (DPG)
in co-operation with the
Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture (LGF), Humboldt University Berlin, and
the Julius-Kühn-Institute (JKI), Braunschweig and Berlin, Germany
The symposium topicThe implementation of plant protection measures and especially the authorization, approval and use of plant protection products has a broad legal basis and is regulated to provide a high degree of protection for humans, animals, groundwater and the natural environment.
Comprehensive plant protection legislation has among other things been enacted to protect plants and plant products from harmful organisms and to reduce the risks of plant protection product use or other plant protection activities to humans, animals and the natural environment.
Based on the Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products, the Directive 2009/128/EG of the European Parliament and the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a Framework for Community Action to achieve the Sustainable Use of Pesticides was launched.
It has to be implemented into national legislation until 26 November 2011 and asks EU-Member States to develop national action plans on sustainable use of plant protection products until 26 November 2012.
The EU and also the OECD have given a great deal of attention to the contents of national strategies to reduce the risks arising from the use of plant protection products resulting in the necessity of crop or sector-specific guidelines on integrated pest management. The OECD strategic Approach in Pesticide Risk Reduction follows the same lines.
The Directive 2009/128/EG describes General Principles of Integrated Pest Management and asks public authorities or organisations representing particular professional users of plant protection products to develop crop or sector-specific guidelines on a voluntary basis. Nevertheless these guidelines are core elements of modern risk reduction strategies.
Against this background the intention of the symposium was the following:
 | to identify components which are successful plant protection strategies and help to design crop or sector-specific guidelines
| | to collect definitions of crop-groups and sectors
| | to compare the strategies of EU-Member States to integrate stakeholders in the process of guideline development
| | to develop conclusions and recommendations for future discussions, in particular in the EU and OECD framework |
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