EUROPE: The EU Minor use Coordination Facility has started!

Mr Jeroen Meeussen started work on 1st September as coordinator for the new EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility.

The funding of this Coordination Facility was initiated further to the report from the Commission (REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the establishment of a European fund for minor uses in the field of plant protection products, Brussels, 18.2.2014 COM (2014) 82 final)  in order to gain solutions for “minor uses” in a more efficient way.

The EU and governments of France, Germany and the Netherlands have agreed to contribute funding to establish the Facility for the first three years. The Coordination Facility is hosted by EPPO in Paris. A Steering Group representing all funders will oversee its work.

The main task of the Coordination Facility will be to increase pest and disease control measures available for so called ‘minor crops’ and for minor pests on other crops for farmers and gardeners among all Member States.
Furthermore it is envisaged that the cooperation between the Coordination Facility and the ERANET on Integrated Pest Management (IPM ERANET) will result in more tools – chemical as well as non-chemical – becoming available for farmers in the field of pest and disease control.

More information on: http://www.eppo.int/News&Events/minor-use-facility.htm

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