renewing the approval of the active substance trinexapac, as trinexapac-ethyl, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

Prothioconazole, a broad-spectrum triazolinthione class of fungicides developed by Bayer and launched in 2004, features such advantages as broad-spectrum fungicidal activity, good systemic activity, high protective, curative and eradicative activity, and long effective period, with prominent control effect on wheat head blight. 

The number of pesticides newly registered in China has plummeted from 4326 in 2018 to 294 in 2019 and one of the main causes is the elevated data requirements newly enforced. As an essential component of a dossier, product chemistry data is usually firstly reviewed by the competent authorities. In a training course organized by the Chinese Crop Protection Industry Association in June, Ms. Nancy Shen, technical supervisor of REACH24H, concluded the similarity and differences in the data requirements and exchanged her long years of experience in registering pesticides in China, EU and the United States.

On April 13th, European Parliament agreed to a new 7-year authorization until 2023 for glyphosate, instead of 15-year re-authorization originally requested, while its use should be limited to professionals only. 

  The first BPR Enforcement Group (BEG) meeting will be held on 15 March 2016 which will focus on the enforcement of Article 95(2) for biocidal products and Article 94(2) for treated articles. With Several deadlines coming close, the enforcement of BPR is moving to a key period, which means that the companies of Biocidal Products and Treated Articles should pay close attention to the enforcement of BPR.

On 20th November, the EU approved the active substances flumetralin, mandestrobin, and flupyradifurone as candidates for substitution, in accordance with Regulation （EC） No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation （EU） No 540/2011. Additionally, the regulation reminds to concern the protection of pesticide operator and the potential risk towards environment and creatures.