The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety yesterday,
May 15th 2008, due to the fact that recent calculations within the
approval procedure have provided new insights, ordered the suspension
of of the approval with immediate enforcement pursuant to Section 80
Paragraph 2, sentence 1 No. 4 VwGO for the following seed treatment
products:
-- Antarc, BVL registration number 4674-00
-- Chinook, BVL registration number 4672-00
-- Cruiser 350 FS, BVL registration number 4914-00
-- Cruiser OSR, BVL registration number 4922-00
-- Elado, BVL registration number 5849-00
-- Faibel, BVL registration number 4704-00
-- Mesurol liquid, BVL registration number 3599-00
-- Poncho, BVL registration number 5272-00
This decision was made after a thorough examination of the current
facts in light of the damage to honey bees in the south-western
regions of Germany. For the BVL it was necessary to examine whether a
relation****p exists between the re****ted poisoning of bees and the
planting of seeds treated with plant protection products.
This examination revealed, that the distribution of insecticide-
treated seed with pneumatic drilling equipment constructed in a
certain way resulted in a higher exposure of bees, then the approval
process originally assumed.
New risk *****sments, initiated because of the damage to bees and
which take this increased exposure into account, make it appear
likely, that it can not be ruled out, that the impact of this exposure
will lead to unacceptable effects on bees. In this context, the safety
of the user in the seeding process will be reviewed as well.
Because of these new findings, in order to avoid further damage to the
bees and to definitively clarify the relation****p and possible further
impact on the environment we order for precautionary reasons until
further notice a suspension of registration.
Also the regional agencies responsible for advising on the use of
plant protection products have been informed immediately to inform the
users accordingly.
Background information on the suspension of authorisation
With the suspension of the licences no im****ts, no marketing and no
continued application of the plant protection products is permitted.
The same applies to Section 16e para 2 PflSchG also for plant
protection products for which a trans****t certificate with reference
to any of the above approvals was granted.
Next week, more information will be published on www.honighaeuschen.eu
Greetings, Klaus
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