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Why is the authorization of microbial biological control agents slower in the EU than in comparable jurisdictions?

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Langue source
Anglais
Titre français
Titre anglais
Why is the authorization of microbial biological control agents slower in the EU than in comparable jurisdictions?
Auteur(s)
  • SUNDH Ingvar
  • EILENBERG Jørgen
Editeur(s)
Autre(s)
Id
42PPHWTZ
Version
2250
Url zotero
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2567444/items/42PPHWTZ
Date ajout
21 décembre 2020 16:18
Date modification
21 décembre 2020 16:18
Résumé anglais
The aim of this study was to identify reasons why the authorization of microbial pest control agents is lengthier under regulatory frameworks of the European Union (EU) than in comparable jurisdictions. A main conclusion is that although the EU's regulatory processes have strong scientific foundations, the most appropriate scientific concepts, knowledge and expertise have not been applied in the safety assessment of microorganisms and biological control. Tradition and conceptual legacies from assessments of conventional chemical pesticides have likely contributed to this by steering the evaluations of microorganisms in less appropriate directions. According to our investigation, the current framework for microbial plant protection products complies poorly with the principles that legislation should have legal predictability, proportionality, and that it should be non-discriminative, for instance in comparison to corresponding regulations in comparable jurisdictions. We also found that existing possibilities to take non-safety and ethical considerations into account seem to have been little used. To rationalize the EU's authorization of microbial control products, both the basic legislation and the evaluations of agents and products need stronger rooting in fundamental microbiological science. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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CRAW tags
  • AB - Utile à l'AB
  • biocontrol
  • FREDO lutte
  • GEO Europe
WEB tags
  • european union
  • IPM
  • microbial control agents
  • biocontrol
  • biological control
  • integrated pest management
  • legislation
  • plant protection products
  • regulatory framework
Titre de la publication
Pest Management Science
Volume
n/a
Date caractères
17/11/2020
Date publication
17 novembre 2020
Doi
https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6177 Le DOI est une URL unique de référencement d'une publication. Il est donc plus fiable et permanent qu'une URL classique
Issn
1526-4998 L’ISSN est un code de 8 chiffres servant à identifier les journaux, revues, magazines, périodiques de toute nature et sur tous supports, papier comme électronique.
Url publication
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ps.6177