Europe
November 18, 2011
In the second of our country profiles we examine Germany, where the task of implementing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) through the National Action Plan (NAP) is being addressed through a range of measures. The most important of these is the development of crop or sector specific guidelines designed to provide farmers with the information they need to grow crops according to the principles of IPM.
In this article, Bernd Hommel, Bernd Freier, Jörn Strassemeyer and Dietmar Rossberg from the Julius Kühn-Institut in Kleinmachnow, Berlin, all key figures in the development of pesticide legislation and IPM implementation in Germany, provide an overview of current and future actions.
The use of pesticides in Germany is regulated in a comprehensive manner designed to provide a high level of safety and protection. The pesticide approval process, regulations on the sale and use of pesticides, and requirements for pesticide manufacturers, distributors, professional users, advisers and competent authorities, contained in both the Plant Protection Law and other areas of law relating to plant protection, are the principle instruments for pesticide regulation.
At the core of Germany's national implementation of the changes detailed in the European Commission's 'pesticides package' are the new German Plant Protection Act and its accompanying regulations, which are expected in 2011 or 2012. The current German National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP), which has been in force since 2008, is under review and will be revised to accommodate the provisions of the Sustainable Use Directive 2009/128/EC.
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