1. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 1 Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) Berlin Braunschweig www.bvl.bund.de

2. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 2 BVL – Organisation Central Steering Unit Administration Information Technology Head Office President Press Office Dept. 2 Plant Protection Products Dept. 3 Veterinary Drugs Dept. 4 Genetic Engineering Dept. 1 Food, Feed, and Commodities Group 5 Analyses Economic Consumer Protection

3. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 3 Department 2 – Organisation Department 2 Plant Protection Products Unit 201 General Affairs of Plant Protection Products Unit 202 Information Management, Post-Author- isation-Monitoring, Listing Procedures Unit 203 National Authorisation and Approval Procedures Unit 204 EC-Procedures Unit 205 Applications of Plant Protection Products Unit 206 Product Chemistry and Analytical Methods Unit 207 Health Unit 208 Environment

4. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 4 Sales and Use Surveillance Responsibilities in Germany Federal States: Enforcement BVL: Co-ordination

5. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 5 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

6. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 6 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

7. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 7 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 Use of non-authorised products  Compliance with use restrictions  Use of appropriate machinery  Disposal of outdated products Particular problems:  Illegal herbicide use on sealed surfaces Use surveillance

8. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 8 Regulation of Plant Protection Products Plant Protection Products: The market in Germany Number of products authorized644 Number of trade names1.046 Number of active substances252 Authorization holders94 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)

9. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 9 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 level6036 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...

10. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 10 Results of product surveillance 2006 Results of product surveillance 2006 number of PPP systematic controls, including parallel import70(5 PI*) Number of infringements19(27,4 %) 18 x deviation of co-formulants content 1 x childproof closure controls because of a suspicion or special causes28(24 PI*) Number of infringements11(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

11. K. Corsten September 2007 Page 11 Status of product surveillance 2007 Status of product surveillance 2007 (not finalised) number analysis analysis of PPPplannedfinalised systematic controls, 143860400 including parallel import 9 PI* systematic controls of 2411040 parallel imports controls because of a 21300280 suspicion or special causes * PI = parallel imports