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Wal. 7.3

Support and guide professional users of pesticides to ensure that their operations comply with standards in terms of treating

plant protection product

effluents.

Professional

PPP users Number operations of complying with standards Number of information sessions, visits to operations

- Guide professional users of PPP to ensure that their operations/companies comply with standards in terms of treating plant protection product effluents.

2015

Advisory visits to companies and operations will be organised and information sessions will be held by guidance partners in order to provide support for ensuring the conformity of facilities. The publication of an advisory guide is also planned to assist professional users with their decision as to which approved system is the most suitable for their situation.

Users not subject to cross-compliance within the Common agricultural policy (horticulturists, managers of parks and gardens, green areas services for towns and municipalities) will pay close attention to awareness initiatives in order to encourage vigilance when handling and storing plant protection products.

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Wal. 7.4

Information, awareness and guidance initiatives for professional users of PPP (on the handling and storage of PPP)

Professional

PPP users Number of vade mecums distributed Statistics for visits to webpages Number of guides to good PPP practices distributed per sector Number of information sessions and number of participants per session Number of articles published

- A vade mecum explaining the legal obligations of professional users of PPP, based on the transposition of the European directive into Walloon law and into federal law will be drafted by one of the partners entrusted with guidance. (part art.13)

- Management and maintenance of information on legislation and good PPP practices on the web

The vade mecum and guides to good PPP practices can be downloaded from the Internet

- Updating of guides to good PPP practices and the creation of brochures

- Organisation of information sessions on modifications to legislation in relation to art.13, on ensuring compliance with standards and the implementation of the Walloon pesticide reduction programme by guidance and vulgarisation partners as well as the bodies representing all sectors involved

- Publication of articles to ensure awareness of good PPP practices

2013- 2015

WPRP-final adoption 58 01/12/2013 FOCUS POINT 12: Hands-on awareness and information initiatives and actions in Wallonia,

The coordination unit of the Regional PHYTO committee has published guides to good practices dedicated to each sector (agriculture, horticulture, green sector, parks and gardens and municipal authorities) for many years.

Examples:

 Guide to good PPP practices, Regional Phyto committee, 2004;

 Guide to good PPP practices in the public sector (green areas and roads), (2006);

 Use of plant protection products in green areas and on roads – Legislation and good practices, (2010);

 Legislation on the use of pesticides for agricultural purposes: "Ce que le producteur doit savoir" (All a producer needs to know), (2011);

PreventAgri aims to ensure the awareness of actors in the green sector of health and safety in the workplace. During visits to facilities, the different workplaces are analysed, and close attention is paid to the PPP room, the spray filling and cleaning area, application equipment, protection equipment, and the filling out of registers. A report is then drafted and sent to the operator. These preventive visits are therefore used to improve the PPP practices of professional pesticide users in order to reduce environmental risks and identify any non-conformities which could be sanctioned by inspection bodies.

PhytofarRecover coordinates the collection of empty plant protection product packaging and unusable plant protection products from all professional users of plant protection products for agricultural usage. This category also includes users of plant protection products applied to green areas and for horticultural purposes. More details can be found on the website www.phytofarrecover.eu

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7.5 "Compliance with standards safety – handling – storage – – prevention of accidents and fire" diagnostic

Professional

PPP users 60 annually visits On-site visits, analysis of risks and advice. Technical support for agricultural/horticultural facilities and companies in green sectors to ensure compliance with standards in terms of safety when storing and handling PPP and biocides, during on-site visits

In progress

During these visits, working methods, equipment and existing facilities (such as spray filling areas, the PPP room, etc.), will be analysed and subject to an inventory. Advice will then be provided on compliance with risk prevention principles. This advice will be provided in the form of a list of recommendations following on from visits during operation (recommendations' sheet).

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7.6

Technological monitoring, updating

of knowledge Professional PPP users Progress with monitoring Permanent technological monitoring and the issue of proposals for innovative technical solutions in order to provide professional users with information and assist these users with complying with legal requirements, thereby contributing to reducing the impact of PPP on the environment

2014

Scientific partners will monitor technology and will be asked to make proposals in terms of innovative technical solutions helping to reduce the impact of pesticides on the environment.