INTERNATIONAL
CONFEDERATION
OF EUROPEAN
BEET GROWERS
The vote today at the SCoPAFF to ban neonicotinoids, including in pelleted beet seed, is a severe blow for sugar beet growers and for the sustainability of the EU beet sugar sector. It is not a science-based decision as far as sugar beet is concerned. It is highly regrettable that a majority of Member States have ignored the data gaps in the EFSA assessment and the recent evidence put forward. As a result, both the environment and the farming community will be negatively affected.
Das von der Europäischen Union heute beschlossene Verbot des Einsatzes von Neonicotinoiden auch als Beizwirkstoff trifft den Zuckerrübenanbau in gravierendem Maße. „Damit nimmt man uns künftig die Möglichkeit eines besonders gezielten Pflanzenschutzes. Der Biodiversität hilft diese Entscheidung nicht. Nun zwingt man uns wieder zu wiederholten Flächenapplikationen“, so Bernhard Conzen, Vorsitzender des Rheinischen Rübenbauer-Verbandes (RRV).
Künftig dürfen keine neonicotinoiden Wirkstoffe mehr im Freiland verwendet werden. Dies hat die EU-Kommission in ihrer heutigen Sitzung beschlossen. Damit fehlen künftig wichtige Wirkstoffe für die Beizausstattung von Zuckerrübensaatgut.
Mit dem heutigen Beschluss der EU-Mitgliedsstaaten, den Einsatz von Neonicotinoiden ab dem Jahr 2019 zu verbieten, ist der Anbau von Zuckerrüben in Österreich massiv gefährdet.
With its proposal to ban neonicotinoids, including in pelleted beet seed, DG-SANTE, followed by some Member States, deliberately ignore data gaps in the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) impact assessments as well as recent evidence with regards to sugar beet. European Beet growers repeatedly presented their case based on sound analysis and facts.
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