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n Italian agrochemical company Isagro production. The Commission’s n The EU has been granted more time for a period of five years, subject to
(Milan) recorded a 63.2% jump in sales original changes were annulled by to comply with a WTO ruling last year certain risk mitigation measures.
in the third quarter of 2007 to €36.6 the European Court of Justice due to that it should lift national bans on Carbon dioxide, for use as a rodenticide
million (US$49.2 million). The results insufficient assessment of the impact approved genetically modified crops. together with trapping devices,
accelerate the recovery recorded in of the changes. Spain had challenged The original deadline of November becomes the first active ingredient to
the first half, when sales rose by just the reform after cotton plantings fell. 21st 2007 has been extended to 11 be listed in Annex IA, which covers low-
over a quarter compared with the The revision provides more support January 2008. The WTO ruled that bans risk biocidal products. It will be added
corresponding period last year. The new to regions where cotton production on GM crops by six EU member states to the Annex on 1 November 2009 for
South American companies that were is economically important. National were inconsistent with international the standard ten-year period.
acquired last year contributed €10.1 areas eligible for subsidies are 370,000 agreements.
million of the €14.2 million increase in ha in Greece, 70,000 ha in Spain n German farmers will soon have a
third-quarter sales, Isagro told Agrow. and 360 ha in Portugal. The revised n The European Commission has wider choice of agrochemicals imported
system maintains the aim to separate given EU member states permission from other EU member states when the
EUROPE subsidies from production levels and to extend provisional approvals for European Commission’s programme
to encourage producers to comply with BASF’s fungicide, boscalid, for up to two to unify maximum residue limits
n The European Commission has strict environmental standards. years. The extension is to allow more (MRLs) have been completed. The
proposed detailed procedures for the time for the EU authorities to evaluate German federal office for consumer
resubmission of approval applications n Plans by EU Environment data and complete the full process for protection and food safety, the BVL, has
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er Stavros Dimas to block listing boscalid on Annex I of the EU welcomed the Commission’s progress to
the EU review of existing ais. The the registration of two genetically agrochemical registration Directive harmonise MRLs across the region.
procedures would apply to ais that modified maize lines are “totally (91/414). This is the second time that
have been unsuccessful so far in unacceptable”, says an organization provisional approvals for the active n France will set about creating a new
gaining re-registration and a listing of European scientists. The proposals ingredient have been extended. BASF authority, responsible for genetically
in Annex I of the EU agrochemical are based on “discredited scientific originally submitted its application modified crops, before Christmas,
registration Directive (91/414). A arguments” and are a “significant for EU approval to Germany in 2001. French news agency AFP reports.
“regular” procedure would apply to threat” to European agriculture, the Boscalid received its first provisional In an interview with Environment
ais that were in the first round of the European Federation of Biotechnology approvals in Germany and the UK in Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, he said
review, which allows more time to (EFB) says in an open letter 2003 and has since been registered in that a proposed decree, on setting
evaluate updates to old ai dossiers. delivered to the Commissioner in late several European countries. up the authority, would be brought
However, an “accelerated” procedure November. The letter is in response to to Parliament for adoption before 9
would be available for ais in the Commissioner Dimas’ proposals that n The European Commission has February 2008.
second, third and fourth rounds of the applications for cultivation of Dow re-registered two more biocides and
review, where data is more up-to-date. AgroSciences/DuPont’s insect-resistant cleared their listing in Annex I of the n The UK Pesticides Safety Directorate
1507 maize and Syngenta’s insect- EU biocidal products Directive (98/8), (PSD) should merge with another
n The European Commission has resistant Bt11 maize should not be which covers non-crop pesticides. regulator to boost efficiency. This
revised its proposals to reform approved. The rodenticide, difethialone, will be conclusion comes from the Department
the subsidy system for EU cotton added to Annex I on 1 November 2009 for Environment, Food and Rural
 January 2008 • www.agrow.com
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