European Crop Protection Association

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The European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) is an interest group for the European crop protection industry. ECPA represents dozens of companies and national industry associations. ECPA is a registered lobbyist with the European Union, the organization itself describes its activity as "ambassador". According to the information, 14 people are employed by ECPA in Brussels as influencers.

The seat is in Brussels ; Vincent Gros is the president and Friedhelm Schmider is the general manager until November 15, 2013. Jean-Charles Bocquet, previously director general of the Union des Industries de la Protection des Plantes (UIPP), the interest group of the French plant protection industry, was appointed as his successor .

According to its own information, the association advocates EU legislation that is scientific and risk-based, promotes innovation, is predictable and appropriate, enables industry to operate efficiently, protects intellectual property , rewards the introduction of new technologies and practices and promotes plant protection in the Preserved the needs of all people in the present and future.

Examples of how ECPA works are:

  • Action against the ban on pesticides of the active ingredient class of neonicotinoids , which are suspected to be the cause of bee deaths. According to ECPA, there is no scientific evidence for this and 50,000 jobs are threatened.
  • Action against stricter requirements for pesticides in the EU, for example against the tightening of Directive 91/414 / EEC (on pesticides).
  • Action against the intended ban on pesticides with hormonal side effects, e.g. B. from the class of triazoles

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the EU transparency register
  2. ↑ press release
  3. ↑ PM energy and environment management ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eaem.co.uk
  4. ↑ PM from euobserver.com
  5. ↑ Agency report (Reuters)
  6. ↑ Message from Spiegel online
  7. ↑ Sean Milmo: Europe set to crack down on pesticides . In: Nature News . January 16, 2009, doi : 10.1038 / news.2009.32 .
  8. ↑ "To avoid food crisis": BASF Agronomy Update, Spring 2013. Download from www.agriCentre.basf.co.uk