Comparative assessment of plant protection products: how many cases will regulatory authorities have to answer?

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 4 Proportion of candidate products containing potential CFS authorised in Germany

Use category^a	Total number of authorised PPPs^b	Proportion of candidate PPPs containing one or more potential CFS^c
Use category^a	Total number of authorised PPPs^b	Containing any potential CFS (%)	Containing CFS identified by environmental hazard criteria^d(%)
Herbicides	567	25	21
Fungicides	308	45	32
Insecticides	281	25	6
Acaricides	109	12	2
Plant growth regulators	59	14	7
Molluscicides	58	0	0
Rodenticides	41	2	2
Glue, sealing wax	31	0	0
Repellents	29	0	0
Sprout inhibitors	18	0	0
Bactericides	9	11	11
Pheromones	3	0	0
Viricides	1	0	0
Nematicides	1	0	0
All^b	1,378	25	17

As of May 2013. ^aCategorisation as given in the BVL database on plant protection products [[20]]; this categorisation of products is largely but not entirely consistent with the categorisation of active substances used in the EU pesticide database [[19]] (see preceding tables). ^bThe given categorisation of products is non-exclusive, i.e. multiple use categories may apply to a single product; this is the case for around 10% of all PPP; as a consequence, the overall number of 1,378 PPPs is smaller than the sum of values in the column. ^cPercentages rounded to integer values; potential CFS are those identified in the FCEC report [[11]], as detailed in the text. ^dActive substances that fulfil the toxicity criterion for water organisms laid down under point 3.7.2.3 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in addition to the P or the B criterion as defined under points 3.7.2.1 and 3.7.2.1 of the same Annex II [[1]], and active substances that contain a significant proportion of non-active isomers; human health criteria may apply additionally.