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The growing importance of standardsin sustainable crop protection

J-C Rousseau - Berthoud

25 November 2010



Content

► A few words about the CEMA► Regulations on plant protection equipment : an overview

► Implemetation of European directives on plant protection

equipment

► The growing importance of standards



A few words about CEMA



CEMARepresenting the European

Agricultural Machinery Industry



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► Only representative of the Farm Machinery Industry inEurope since 50 years

► Representing the whole industry, from multinational

companies to thousands of European SMEs

► A strong network of 11 national member associations

► Recognized partner of the European Commission

CEMA



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The network of CEMA



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The Industry behind CEMA

► 4,500 manufacturers

► 28 billion Euro production

value (2008)

► 250,000 Employees

► 135,000 persons employed

directly

► 125,000 persons additional in the

distribution network and

maintenance

► 450 different machine types



Regulations on plant

protection equipment:overview



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Regulations on plant protection equipment

► Road travelling rules► National regulations

► Safety

► Machinery Directive► Since 1995

► New MD since January 2010 ( Directive 2006/42/CE in replacement of

98/37/CE ))

► Environment► Thematic strateguyon sustainable use of pesticides

► Adopted end of 2009



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Thematic strategy on sustainable use of pesticides

► Regulation revising Directive 91/414 EEC► Placing of chemicals on the market

► Framework Directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides

► Use of pesticides► Inspection of pesticide application equipment in use

► Conditions of use: before, during and after application

► Amendment to the Machinery Directive► Pesticides application equipment – new machines

► Self certification



Implementation of European Directives on

plant protectionequipment



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The new approach

► Directives « old approach »They set:

► Objectives

► Solutions

► Methods of verification

► Directives « new approach »

► They set only objectives

► It is up to the manufacturer to develop the right solutions andmethods of verification

► The manufacturer can refer to standards



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Certfication of conformity

► It is the procedure that allows to prove that a productfullfills the requirements of a regulation

► Several options are available

► Self certification by the manufacturer

► Third party certification► Product quality insurance

► Market surveillance is the key issue



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What does self certification mean?

► The manufacturer has to do a risk assessment analysis toidentify the risks on the machine and limit them :

► by design

► by guarding if not possible by design

►

or by information (marking, instructions of use) for the residualrisks

► He can refer to the harmonised standards to facilitate his

task



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What does self certification mean?

► The manufacturer must be able to provide a technical fileto the authorities:

► Drawings

► Calculations

►

Test results

► The manufacturer has to provide a certificate of

conformity to the customer by which he declares that the

product, he delivers, fulfills the requirements of the

relevant legislations



The growing importanceof standards



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What is a standard?

► Description of the state of the art on a given subject► Developped by concensus between the different

interested parties

► Can be developped at different levels

► National by national Standardisation Bodies (Afnor, Din, Bsi etc)► European

► International



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What is a European harmonised standard?

► It is a standard that is developped by CEN to support theapplication of a directive

► It is publised in the OJEU

► The conformity to its requirements gives presumption of

conformity to the relevant directive► Directive essential requirements

► Harmonised standards functional or technical requirements



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Ex: Cleaning

► Amendment to the machinery Directive► « The machinery must be designed and constructed to allow its

easy and thorough cleaning without contamination of theenvironment »

► Pr EN ISO 16 119-2 specifications

► Tank: depth of roughness of inner and outer tank walls► Filters: they shall be easily accessible and filter insets shall be

removeable. It shall be possible, with the tank filled to its nominalvolume, to clean central filters without any spray liquid leaking out

► Emptying: volume:the volume of total residual as defined in 2.1 of

ISO 13440:1996 shall not exceed 0,5 % of the nominal tankvolume plus 2 l per metre of the boom.

► Rinsing: It shall have a volume of at least 10 % of the nominal tankvolume and at least 10 times the volume of residual which can bediluted



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How are standards developped?

► Standards are developped by professional experts who work together in working groups

► All interested parties can take part

► Manufacturers, laboratories, Unoiversities, advisors, authoritiesparticipate today in the standardisation work on sprayers

► Experts participate on a volountary basis but have to be nominated bytheir National Standardisation bodies for participating in CEN or ISO

working groups

► Countries but also international organisations (FAO eg) can take part

in the standardisation work

► The role of the standard organisations (National StandardisationBodies, CEN or ISO) is to organise the work and control the process

► These organisations are officially recognised by the authorities



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► The process of standardisation has to follow some strictrules that are defined in the CEN and ISO guidelines:► Representativity: enough parties and countries have to be represented in

the working groups (at least 5 countries according to ISO rules)

► Consensus: participants have to find the best compromise between thedifferent parties

► Transparency: participants have free access to all the documents, allparticipants are identified

► Consultations: internal and public enquiries are organised to collectcomments and proposals

► Voting: standards have to pass several votes at different steps of development before approval

► Time frame:standards have to be finalised within 3 or maximum 4 years.Fast track procedures are also possible



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► Revision of existing standards► A systematic review is organised every 5 years after publication

► But the revision can be decided at any time after voting

► New standards► Any participating country can make a proposal of a new work item at any

time

► The decision to start the development of a new standard is taken after

voting of the participating countries



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European standards on plant protectionequipment

► Safety► New Machinery Directive (Directive 2006/42/CE)

► EN ISO 4254 part I – general requirements

► EN ISO 4254 part IV- sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors



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► Environment – Equipment in use (inspection)► Existing EN standard: EN 13790 (2003)

► Part I : inspection of field crop sprayers

► Part II: inspection of air assisted sprayers for bush and tree

crops

► Framework Directive on sustainable use of pesticides

Revision of existing standard EN 13 790 EN ISO 16122

► Part I : General

► Part II: Horizontal boom sprayers and similar

► Part III: Sprayers for bush and trees and similar and similar

► Part IV: Fixed and semi mobile sprayers



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► Environment – New Equipment► Existing EN standard: EN 12761 (2001)


► Part II: Field crop sprayers

► Part III: Air assisted sprayers for bush and tree crops

► Amendment to the machinery Directive

Revision of existing standard EN 12761 EN ISO 16119


► Part II: Horizontal boom sprayers and similar

► Part III: Sprayers for bush and trees and similar

► Part IV: Fixed and semi mobile sprayers



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ISO standards on plant protection equipment

► 36 standards already published

► 10 projects in progress

► Testing methods, classification scales, coding systems,

performance criteria and limits…

► Machines, systems or components

► Focus on safety and environmental issues since the last

15 years

► EN standards refer to ISO standards in many cases



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ISO standards on plant protection equipment

► More and more EN standards are developped in

collaboration with ISO► Safety EN ISO 4254

► Inspection of sprayers in use pr EN ISO 16 1122

► Environment – New sprayerspr EN ISO 16 119

► Knapsack sprayers – safety and environment pr ISO19932



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ISO standardsSafety and envvironment issues

New sprayers

►Environmentalrequirements

Sprayers in use

► Inspection

Drift

►Measurementsand classificationof sprayers

Distribution

►Test methods and spraydeposits measurements

Cleaning

► test methods for

internal, and externalcleaning

► Drainable volumemeasurement

Boom

►steadiness

Nozzles

►Coding, testmethods anddroplet sizemeasurements

Induction hoppers

►Test methods and

performance limits

Test methods

► test methods for

hydraulicc sprayersand volume/haadjustment systems



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► New sprayers► pr EN ISO 16119-1 to-4 Environment -New sprayers

► EN ISO 4-1 and –6 Safety

► Sprayers in use

► pr EN ISO 16 122 –1 to -4 Environment - Sprayers in use

► ISO 5682-2 : Test methods

► Nozzles

► ISO 10625 Colour coding

► ISO 5682-1 test methods

► prISO 25 358 Droplet size spectra – measurement andclassification



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► Drift► ISO 22369-1 Classes

► ISO 22369-2 Classification of field crops sprayers by field

measurements

► ISO 22856 laboratory measurements in wind tunnels

► pr ISO 22369-2 : Potential spray drift measurement by use of atest bench

► Distribution

► ISO 5682-1 Method for boom sprayers measurement

►

ISO 22522 Field measurements in trees and bush crops► prISO 24253-1 and-2 Spray deposits measurements of field

crop sprayers



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► Cleaning► ISO 22368-1 Internal cleaning of complete sprayer

► ISO 22368-1 External cleaning

► ISO 22368-1 Internal cleaning of tank

► ISO 19236 : test method for the evaluation of cleaning systems

– drainable volume

► Induction hopper

► ISO 21278-1 Test methods

► ISO 21278-2 General requirements and performance limits

► Boom► ISO 14131 Boom steadiness- Test methods

► ISO 22763 demonstration tack for field crop sprayers



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► Electronics► pr ISO 11356 Spray parameter recording for traceability

► Knapsack sprayers

► prEN ISO 19932-1 Requirements and test methods

► prENISO 19923-2 performance limits

► EN ISO 28139 Combustion engine driven knapsack sprayers –

Safety requirements

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Conclusion

► Sprayer manufacturers and other parties have been addressing

environmental issues for more than 15 year through thestandardisation process both at European and international level.

► Sprayer manufacturers support the entry in force of the the FWD onsustainble use of pesticides and the amendment to the MachineryDirective that will allow a harmonisation of the legislations in Europe.

► European and International standards will play a signifcant role in theimplementation of these European Directives.

► Sprayer manufacturer will in the future keep on focusing their efforts

on standardisation.

► CEN and ISO are officially recognised organisations and provide the

best platform for an efficient European and international collaborationbetween the different parties.

► Sprayer manufacturers warmly invite all stakeholders to take part to the

standardisation work and count in particular on chemical companies.



Thank you for your attention!

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