http://orgprints.org/7637/ Evaluation and registration of plant protection inputs for organic farming Organic farmers may only use those plant protection products which are listed in Annex II B of the ‘Organic Regulation’ 2092/91 and also registered for use at national level. At present, new compounds may only be listed in Reg. 2092/91, if they do not come into direct contact with the crop (although in perennial crops, contact outside the growing season of the edible parts is possible), which is a major obstacle for progress. The EU-funded ORGANIC INPUTS EVALUATION project aims at making Reg. 2092/91 more flexible with regard to new products, while safeguarding the principles of organic farming. Registra-tion under the ‘Pesticide Directive’ 91/414 represents a considerable financial hurdle. The REBECA project will propose registration requirements which are better adapted for biological control agents, plant extracts and other low-risk products. The aim is to accelerate registration and make it more cost-effective, without compromises to the level of safety. Speiser, B. Tamm, L. Schmid, O. 8planthealth int_conf_joint2006_5 fibl-plant-protection-pathology Evaluation and registration of plant protection inputs for organic farming 2006-05-09 Speiser, B.; Tamm, L. and Schmid, O. (2006) Evaluation and registration of plant protection inputs for organic farming. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006. application/pdf