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K. Corsten • September 2007 • Page 1
Federal Office of Consumer Protectionand Food Safety (BVL)
Berlin
Braunschweig
www.bvl.bund.de
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BVL – Organisation
Central Steering Unit
Administration
Information TechnologyHead Office
President Press Office
Dept. 2
Plant Protection Products
Dept. 3
Veterinary Drugs
Dept. 4
GeneticEngineering
Dept. 1
Food, Feed, andCommodities
Group 5
Analyses
Economic Consumer Protection
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Department 2 – Organisation
Department 2Plant Protection Products
Unit 201General Affairs of
Plant Protection Products
Unit 202Information Management, Post-Author-isation-Monitoring, Listing Procedures
Unit 203National Authorisation
and Approval Procedures
Unit 204EC-Procedures
Unit 205Applications of Plant Protection Products
Unit 206Product Chemistry and
Analytical Methods
Unit 207Health
Unit 208Environment
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Sales and Use Surveillance
Responsibilities in Germany
Federal States: Enforcement
BVL: Co-ordination
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Sales and Use Surveillance
Organisation
Bundesländer (Federal States)
• Conducting inspections
• Processing infringements
• Annual reports
BVL
• Co-ordination
• Contact point for EU authorities
• Laboratory for product chemistry
• National report
Joint Expert Group
• Development of Standard Operation
Procedures (Manual)
• Proposol of annual control schemes
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Sales and Use Surveillance
Focus of inspections
Trade of non-authorised products
Identity of the products
Labelling
Qualification of sales personnel
Emerging problems
Internet trade
Parallel import
Sales surveillance
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Sales and Use Surveillance
Focus of inspections:
Use of non-authorised products
Compliance with use restrictions
Use of appropriate machinery
Disposal of outdated products
Particular problems:
Illegal herbicide use on sealed surfaces
Use surveillance
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Regulation of Plant Protection Products
Plant Protection Products: The market in Germany
Number of products authorized 644
Number of trade names 1.046
Number of active substances 252
Authorization holders 94
Domestic sales (t formul. product) 88.401
Domestic sales (t act. subst.) 29.512
(Authorization statistics from 2007, sales data from 2005, sales data excluding inert gases)
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Inspections in 2006
Number of inspections in 2006
Market level 2991
- import – support of customs offices
- inspection of retailers
- control of mail order firms and internet offers
User level 6036
a. Use of PPP in agriculture, horticulture and forestry
- farm visits
- controls on treated areas during the application of PPP
- controls on treated areas after the application of PPP (soil or plant samples)
b. Use of PPP on non-agricultural areas, e. g. on railway tracks, promenades, lanes...
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Results of product surveillance 2006
Results of product surveillance 2006 number of PPP
systematic controls, including parallel import 70 (5 PI*)
Number of infringements 19 (27,4 %)
18 x deviation of co-formulants content 1 x childproof closure
controls because of a suspicion or special causes 28 (24 PI*)
Number of infringements 11 (40,7 %)
1 x wrong active substance (no PI)
10 x parallel imports
2 x deviation of a. s. content 1 x repellent missing 7 x significant deviation from the reference products* PI = parallel imports
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Status of product surveillance 2007
Status of product surveillance 2007 (not finalised)
number analysis analysisof PPP planned finalised
systematic controls, 143 860 400including parallel import 9 PI*
systematic controls of 24 110 40parallel imports
controls because of a 21 300 280suspicion or special causes
* PI = parallel imports