Summary of study on the economic impact of the implementation of the proposed revision of directive 91/414 on thirteen major Dutch crops

Posted by Marten Snell on December 22, 2008 in European Regulation, Farming, Food & health

A team of researchers of the Wageningen University and Research Centre (Agricultural University of the Netherlands) published on 28 October a 150 page report on the economic impact of the proposed revision of the directive 91/414 on thirteen of the most important crops grown in the Netherlands. Below is a summary of the report.

The field crops include seed- and ware potatoes, direct seeded onions, sugar beet, winter wheat, Brussels sprouts and apples, but also two very traditional and high-value Dutch crops, tulip bulbs and ornamental shrubs. The economic impact was also assessed in the following vegetable and floricultural crops grown under glass: cucumber, tomatoes, roses and Chrysanthemum.

Two scenarios were studied:

1. Impact of “Cut-off” criteria based on the position of the European Parliament after a plenary vote, which would result in a ban of 85 % of the active substances. In this summary, this scenario will be referred to as EPP cut-off scenario. Please see Table 1.
2. Impact of “Cut-off” criteria based on the proposal of the European Commission, in which pesticides would be banned if they are endocrine disruptors, carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances as well as Persistent Organic Pollutants. This scenario will be referred to as EC/CMR/POP scenario.  Please see Table 2.

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