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

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Table 5 Number of plant protection products, protected crops, controlled pests, and authorised uses in Germany

Parameter			All PPPs	Candidate PPPs containing one or more potential CFS
Parameter			All PPPs	Containing any potential CFS	Containing CFS identified by environmental hazard criteria^a
Products	Total number		1,378	351	237
Crops^b	Total number of different crops for which use of PPPs has been authorised		309	209	186
	Number of different crops for which use of an individual PPP has been authorised	Min	1	1	1
		Max	85	85	85
		Median	4	4	4
		Mean^e	7	7	7
Pests^c	Total number of different pests against which use of PPPs has been authorised		477	264	228
	Number of different pests against which use of an individual PPP has been authorised	Min	1	1	1
		Max	64	39	39
		Median	3	4	4
		Mean^e	5	5	5
Uses^d	Total number of different uses for which PPPs have been authorised		3,606	1,863	1,501
	Number of different uses for which an individual PPP has been authorised	Min	1	1	1
		Max	337	337	337
		Median	6	8	9
		Mean^e	13	18	18

As of May 2013. Broken down by potential CFS content of products. ^aAs defined in the corresponding footnote to Table 4. ^bIncluding other authorised treatment objects such as food storage rooms for instance. ^cIncluding other authorised treatment aims such plant growth regulation for instance. ^dDefined by a combination of a crop (or another treatment object) and a pest from which the crop shall be protected (or another treatment aim). ^eArithmetic mean rounded to integer values.