CEUREG FORUM is a traditional meeting of experts which was established on Hungary’s initiative and Hungarian Government provides financial support for its operation.

Forum Centre – BUDAPEST

CEUREG Forum Major Organizers:

• dr Zoltán Ocskó – Hungary
• dr Josef Švařiček Czech Republic
• dr Edward Czaplicki – Poland

FIRST FORUM

11-13 OCTOBER 1994

HEADLINES FROM THE AGENDA:

• OECD PROGRAMS ON PESTICIDES
• PESTICIDE REGISTRATION IN EU
• FAO FOR SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES
• EPPO AND PESTICIDE REGISTRATION
• ECPA VIEW ON REGISTRATION
• COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS

RESULTS

• CEUREG IS CONSIDERED A REGIONAL TECHNICAL FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
• THE FORUM INITIATES THE HARMONIZATION OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCT  REGISTRATION IN THE REGION
• THE FORUM IS THE PLACE OF REGULAR INFORMATION EXCHANGE
• THE FORUM SUPPORTS PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES BY OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• HUNGARY SERVES AS THE COORDINATOR OF THE FORUM

SECOND FORUM

17-19 APRIL 1996

HEADLINES FROM THE AGENDA:

• OECD ACTIVITY ON PESTICIDES
• COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS
• FAO CODE OF CONDUCT
• DATA PROTECTION, CONFIDENTIALITY
• LONDON GUIDELINE/ PIC PROCEDURE
• REGIONAL COMPUTER NETWORK

 

RESULTS

• BUDAPEST IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF THE FORUM
• TWO-WAY EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
• CONSENSUS ON THE NECESSITY OF COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM
• THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PIC PROCEDURE IS RECOGNIZED

THIRD FORUM

20-21 OCTOBER 1997

HEADLINES FROM THE AGENDA:

• AUTHORIZATION OF PESTICIDES IN GERMANY, IMPLEMENTATION OF EU DIRECTIVES.
• FAO PESTICIDE CODE OF CONDUCT – COUNTRY PROGRESS REPORTS.
• PESTICIDE REGISTRATION IN SWEDEN, THE WAY TO THE EU

RESULTS

• USEFUL INFORMATION EXCHANGE ON GERMAN AND SWEDISH PESTICIDE REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
• FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF FAO CODE OF CONDUCT
• REGISTRATION OF GENERIC PRODUCTS  SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.
• ELECTRONIC DATA SUBMISSION IS OF SPECIAL INTEREST OF THE FORUM

FOURTH FORUM

14-15 OCTOBER 1998

HEADLINES FROM THE AGENDA:

• AUTHORIZATION OF PESTICIDES IN DENMARK, IMPLEMENTATION OF EU DIRECTIVES (DANISH EPA)
• PESTICIDE REGISTRATION IN USA (US-EPA)
• COUNTRY PRESENTATION ON PESTICIDE REGULATION
• PESTICIDE REGISTRATION IN UK
• ROTTERDAM PIC CONVENTION ? FAO

FIFTH FORUM

19-20 OCTOBER 1999

HEADLINES FROM THE AGENDA:

• REGISTRATION OF GENERIC PRODUCTS
• FAO SPECIFICATIONS
• PESTICIDE STATISTICS (PSD ? UK)
• PESTICIDE REGISTRATION IN AUSTRIA
• ROTTERDAM PIC CONVENTION ? UNEP

SIXTH FORUM

17-18 OCTOBER 2000

HEADLINES FROM THE AGENDA:

• COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS ON PESTICIDE ACTIVITY
• CEUREG PROGRAMME FOR ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ? DATABASE
• PESTICIDES AND HUNGARIAN CHEMICAL ACT
• PESTICIDE AND ENVIRONMENT (HUNGARY)

SEVENTH FORUM and FIRST CEUREG WORKING GROUP

24-26 OCTOBER 2001

HEADLINES FROM THE AGENDA:

• TAIEX MISSION (COMMISSION EU)
• DOSSIER GUIDANCE AND MONOGRAPH (EU)
• QUALITY CONTROL OF PESTICIDES (POST-REGISTRATION STUDIES ? HUNGARY, POLAND)
• NEW COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS ON PLANT PROTECTION ACTS

 

 

EIGHTH FORUM and SECOND CEUREG WORKING GROUP

15-18 OCTOBER 2002

 

HEADLINES FROM THE AGENDA:

• NEW DEVELOPMENT ON EU REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES
• PARALLEL IMPORTANT, REGISTRATION STATUS OF EXISTING CHEMICALS
• PESTICIDE RESIDUE MONITORING (EU)
• QUALITY CONTROL
• PESTICIDE REGISTRATION SYSTEM IN US
• FATE AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE PESTICIDES IN THE ENVIRONMENT (US-EPA)
• MONITORING OF THE PESTICIDE RESIDUES (US-EPA)
• INSPECTIONS OF PLANT PROTECTION IN US
• DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED CONTAINERS

 

 

CEUREG FORUM IX and CEUREG WORKING GROUP III

29-31 OCTOBER 2003

 

• EU REGULATION REPLACING DIR.. 91/414/EEC
• EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY (EFSA) AND NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES
• TWINNING PROGRAMS UPDATE REPORTS
• EU/US EPA REGISTRATION AND WORK SHARING

 

 

CEUREG FORUM X

19-20 OCTOBER 2004

 

• ROTTERDAM CONVENTION REGION COUNTRIES STATUS REPORTS
• EU/OECD DOSSIER FORMAT COMPARISON
• EU MEMBER STATES STATUS

CEUREG FORUM XI

24-25 OCTOBER 2007

 

• EU REGULATION REPLACING DIR.. 91/414/EEC
• PARALLEL IMPORT OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS
• RULES FOR AERIAL APPLICATION OF PPPs
• REGULATION OF PPPs FOR AMATEUR USES
• RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN
• COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EU

CEUREG FORUM XII

16-17 October 2008

 

• CURRENT CROP PROTECTION ISSUE – RAGWEED PROBLEM
• REGULATION REPLACING DIRECTIVE 91/414/EEC
• CONTROL OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS PLACED ON THE MARKET
• PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS COMPOSITION ANALYSIS AND CONTROL
• OTHER INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

CEUREG FORUM XIII

15-16 October 2009

Organizer: Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute, Poznań, POLAND

• New EU pesticides regulations – State of the Art
• Pesticide usage and sale statistics.
• Efficacy studies of plant protection products – GEP rules
  • Mutual recognition
  • Zonal system
• Other international developments
  • Global Harmonization System
  • Control of parallel import
  • Data protection
  • Counterfeiting of plant protection products
• Country presentations on main topics

CEUREG FORUM XIV

7-8 October 2010

Organizer: State Phytosanitary Administration – Plant Protection Products Section
Zemědělská 1a, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC

• Regulation 1107/2009/EC Replacing Directive 91/414/EEC
  • Stage of progress
  • Stage of progress of Related Regulations and Guidance documents
  • Mutual recognition of authorisations
  • Comparative assessment of plant protection products containing candidates for substitution
  • Border line cases (seed treatment, …)
• Directive 2009/128/EC on sustainable use of pesticides
  • National Action Plans
• Other International, Regional and States Developments since CEUREG Forum XIII.
  • Quality control of plant protection products
  • Outcomes of the OECD Seminar Risk Reduction through the Prevention, Detection and Control of the Illegal International Trade in Agricultural Pesticides
• Country presentations on main topics

CEUREG FORUM XV

6-7 October 2011

Organizer: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic, Dobrovičova 12, Bratislava, SLOVAK REPUBLIC

• Regulation 1107/2009/EC Replacing Directive 91/414/EEC
  • Stage of progress
  • Experiences with the application in EU MSs
• Directive 2009/128/EC on sustainable use of pesticides
  • Experiences with the application in National Action Plans in EU MSs
  • Risk indicators
• Overview of the current situation in the CEUREG Region States as to the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Organic Farming
• International, Regional and Countries Developments since CEUREG Forum XIV.
  • Outcomes of the 11th International HCH and Pesticides Forum
  • The OECD Pesticides Programme
  • Regulation of „Other Products“ („Auxiliary Products“, Non-PPPs) in CEUREG Region States
• Country presentations on main topics

CEUREG FORUM XVI

15-16 October 2012

Organizer: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH – AGES, Institute for Plant Protection Products, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, 1220 Vienna, AUSTRIA

• European Union PPPs Legislation Current Issues – Regulation 1107/2009/EC and Directive 2009/128/EC
  • Experiences with the application in EU MSs including zonal approvals and work sharing
  • Harmonization of risk assessment, efficacy evaluation and administrative procedures
  • Progress of National Action Plans in individual EU MSs, harmonization of risk indicators
• National Systems for PPPs Controls and Actions against Counterfeited Products and the Illegal Trade, Enforcement, Sampling and Laboratory Analyses – Current Situation and EU perspective
  • Regulation 1107/2009/EC, Article 68 Monitoring and controls
  • Necessity for harmonized „Regulation on Control of PPPs Placed on the Market“
• CEUREG Region Network of Experts for Co-operation in the Area of PPPs Controls and Actions against Counterfeited Products and the Illegal Trade, incl. Enforcement, Sampling and Laboratory Analyses (incl. based on PPPs „identicality“)
  • Practical experience and information exchange
  • National contact points
• Other International, Regional and Countries Developments since CEUREG Forum XV.
• Country presentations on main topics

CEUREG FORUM XVII

14-15 October 2013
Organizer: National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH), Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-Environment, Budapest, HUNGARY, and Ministry of Rural Development, Division of Plant Protection and Soil Conservation, Department of Food Chain Control, Budapest, HUNGARY

• Session I – Regulation 1107/2009/EC Current Issues
  • Stage of progress
  • Experiences with the application in EU MSs including zonal approvals, minor uses, non-professional uses, generic products
  • Legal aspects of parallel trade
  • Situation concerning the effects of PPPs on honey bees in the MSs
• Session II – Other products, yield enhancers, biostimulants
• Session III – Directive 2009/128/EC Current Issues
  • Stage of progress
  • Risk indicators
• Session IV – Other International, Regional and Countries Developments since CEUREG Forum XVI.
• Session V – Regulation on control of PPPs placed on the market
  • Regulation on official controls replacing Regulation 882/2004/EC and Implementing Regulation replacing third subparagraph of Article 68 of EC Regulation 1107/2009 – stage of progress, position of EU MSs, proposal for establishing expert group
  • control of faked products, including recent developments in the net-working between MSs and EC in order to fight against illegal trade

CEUREG FORUM XVIII

16th–17th OCTOBER 2014 – POZNAŃ, POLAND
Organizer: Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Warsaw, Poland

• Session I – Regulation 1107/2009/EC Current Issues
  (stage of progress; experiences with the application in EU MSs including zonal approvals, minor uses, emergency uses, generic products; legal aspects of parallel trade; situation concerning the effects of PPPs on honey bees in the MSs; comparative assessment)
• Session II – Regulation of Biological Control Agents for Plant Protection
  (microbials, botanicals, semiochemicals and macrobials/beneficials/invertebrates registration, placing on the market and availability)
• Session III – Directive 2009/128/EC Current Issues
  (stage of progress, experiences with the application in EU MSs, risk indicators)
• Session IV – Official Controls
  (proposal on application technique controls – stage of progress; draft Regulation on Official Controls replacing Regulation 882/2004/EC – stage of progress, provisions related to PPPs placed on the market as to the changes of Regulation 1107/2009/EC and Directive 2009/128/EC, position of EU MSs, proposal to establish expert group; controls of implementation of IPM)
• Session V – Other International, Regional and Countries Developments since CEUREG Forum XVII
  (EU membership candidates progress reports; non EU CEUREG region countries progress reports)

CEUREG FORUM XIX

5th–6th NOVEMBER 2015 – ZAGREB, CROATIA
Organizer: Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate of Food Quality and Phytosanitary Policy, Sector of Phytosanitary Policy, Service for Plant Protection Products, Zagreb, Croatia

• Session I – Regulation 1107/2009/EC Current Issues
  (Article 50 – comparative assessment, first experiences with implementation in EU MSs; Article 53 – emergency situations in plant protection; news in legal aspects of parallel trade)
• Session II – Directive 2009/128/EC Current Issues
  (training of professional users in EU MSs; EC Report on evaluation of NAPs, sprayers testing; IPM implementation; risk mitigation measures; experiences with the application in EU MSs etc.)
• Session III – Official Controls
  (draft Regulation on Official Controls replacing Regulation 882/2004/EC – stage of progress, post-registration control of PPPs; actions taken against counterfeited products)
• Session IV – Other International, Regional and Countries Developments since CEUREG Forum XVIII.
  (EU membership candidates progress reports; potential candidates to EU progress reports; EU CEUREG region countries progress reports)