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The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment wishes, on the occasion of today's mobilization of farmers' organizations against the proposal for the Regulation on the Rational Use of Plant Protection Products of the European Union (EU), to state the following:
In June 2022, the draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the rational use of plant protection products was published and the consultation process between European citizens, Governments and Parliaments was launched in order to reduce or rationalise the use of pesticides. The proposal aims to replace the current Directive 2009/128/EC, with a Regulation, in order to harmonise national laws and strategies on the use of plant protection products and better align them with EU objectives under the European Green Deal, the Chemicals Strategy and the Zero Pollution Action Plan.
The Ministry, together with representatives of the Department of Agriculture, has been involved in the working groups discussing this Regulation for months. It is also discussed from time to time in the Councils of Ministers where the Minister of Agriculture participates.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment largely shares the concerns of farmers' organisations and aims, through consultation and transparency, to find a compromise solution in such a way that there is food sufficiency as well as sustainable production in the primary sector, as well as safe products that end up on our plates and do not harm our health. The aim is to improve existing legislation to reduce the use of pesticides and to find alternatives and solutions to protect our health and that of our children.
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