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Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments:

Tree Assistance Program (TAP)

Environmental Payments: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Stewardship Program (replaces former Conservation Security Program)

Proposed amendment of the Aquatic Animal Diseases Control Act

Queensland: General Services State/Territories Governments: South-East Queensland Irrigation Futures Program

1. To make agro-pesticides comply with GHS and consistent with international hazard labelling, a business support IT system is to be devised to assist agro-pesticide businesses in label application. The IT system produces label samples and allows specification of products information, including hazard pictograms and hazard statements. The IT system also provides Agro-pesticide business with a better procedure in application of label use or modification.
2. To avoid non-compliant labelling, such as correcting information by using stickers or by affixing both new and original labels on the package, the amendment adds new requirements on label modification applications. The original label must be replaced within a time limit after a label modification application is made (Article 3 was amended).
3. The amendment makes changes to the information items required on a label of formulated agro-pesticides. Mode of action classification codes and product barcodes are required. Also to comply with GHS, the warning labels and the notices to user are replaced with the GHS hazard pictograms, precautionary pictograms, signal words, and hazard statement. The amendment further aims to implement the user's manual policy. Each retail unit of agro-pesticide must be accompanied with a user's manual (Article 5 was amended).
4. The amendment makes change to the information items required on a label of technical grade agro-pesticides. The warning labels and the notices to user are replaced with the GHS hazard pictograms, precautionary pictograms, signal words, and hazard statement (Article 6 was amended).
5. To ensure visibility of agro-pesticide labels, the amendment adds new requirements on the labelling by the businesses. The information given from such labelling texts or images must not overlap with the information which is legally required on an agro-pesticide label (Article 7 was amended).
6. To comply with GHS and to categorize agro-pesticides by their properties, the amendment adds new requirements on technical grade agro-pesticides and formulated agro-pesticides. Hazard pictograms, signal words, and hazard statements must comply with the national standard, CNS 15030. The warning label is replaced with hazard pictograms; the notices to user are replaced with precautionary pictograms. Also, the amendment adds an Attachment of Honey Bee Acute Toxicity Classification, so that the control over agro-pesticide's effect to non-target organism will be further strengthened (Article 12 was amended).

Structural adjustment:
Institutional and irrigation support services, testing and promotion of new small scale technologies, support to women and water resource management, small holder irrigation schemes, water resource development for irrigation, peri-urban irrigation development, cooperative development/promotion

Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980

Pest and disease control: National Agrarian Health Service - SENASA

Operates a plant and animal health monitoring scheme and runs programmes to prevent and control pests and diseases, control quality and promote the proper handling of pesticides and biological agents. Offers services provided in the context of the National Biological Control Programme.

Draft Commission Regulation on implementing rules concerning applications for authorisation of genetically modified food and feed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations No (EC) 641/2004 and (EC) No 1981/2006

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance thiram, 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.

Specific concerns were identified as follows: A high acute risk to consumers and to workers from the foliar uses assessed and a high risk to birds and mammals from all uses assessed, including as a seed treatment, even taking into account the application of higher tier refinements in the risk assessment. Residue definitions for risk assessment purposes could not be derived from the incomplete information available on metabolite M1, consequently the assessment of consumer risk through dietary intake could not be completed and maximum residue levels could not be established. Furthermore, the formation of N-N-dimethylnitrous amide (NDMA), a substance of concern given its intrinsic hazard, in drinking water when surface water and groundwater containing thiram and its metabolite DMCS is subject to water treatment processes could not be excluded by the Authority based on the available information and in addition a high risk to aquatic organisms from exposure to DMCS was concluded by the Authoritybased on the limited information available. Also, based on the information available the Authority could not conclude on the endocrine disrupting potential of thiram.

This decision only concerns the placing on the market of this substance and does not affect the Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for residues of the concerned pesticide. However, following non-approval, separate action may be taken on MRLs. Any subsequent action on MRLs will be subject to notification under the SPS procedure.