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Harmonised risk indicators are established in order to measure the progress achieved in meeting the objectives of the Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides.

The data set shows the values of the Harmonised risk indicator 1 (HRI 1 - hereafter referred to as ‘the Harmonised risk indicator’), established in Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782 of 15 May 2019, amending Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of harmonised risk indicators. The indicator is presented as indices relative to a baseline of 100 (see section 3.9).

The Harmonised risk indicator is based on statistics on the quantity of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, provided to Eurostat according to Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009. Those data are categorised into 4 risk groups and multiplied by hazard weightings established in Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782. The results of the calculations are then aggregated.

The Member States and the Commission shall calculate and publish the Harmonised risk indicator in accordance with Articles 15(2) and 15(4) of Directive 2009/128/EC for each calendar year. The results of the calculations are available at the latest 20 months after the reference year on the following website:

https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/pesticides/sustainable-use-pesticides/harmonised-risk-indicators_en

Eurostat calculates the EU-level indicator. Eurostat also calculates the national Harmonised risk indicator on behalf of Member States as a service. Member States make the information available to the public before 30 August each year.

The Harmonised risk indicator is based on the categories of active substances and hazard weightings defined for this purpose in the Annex of Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782.

The Harmonised risk indicator is based on statistics on active substances used in plant protection products placed on the market in the EU Member States.

This indicator is calculated by taking into account chemical and non-chemical substances (including micro-biological substances), and by including confidential and non-confidential data.

Statistics on the pesticides placed on the market annually since 2011 in the EU Member States and other reporting countries are disseminated in the dataset ‘Pesticide sales’ (aei_fm_salpest09). The explanatory text (metadata) attached to this dataset lists the underlying specificities of the data.

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EU Member States and the United Kingdom.

Reference year 2011 onwards for EU Member States, and from reference years 2011 to 2019 for the United Kingdom.

The Harmonised risk indicator is presented as an index.

The baseline is set to 100. The baseline defined in Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782 is equal to the average result of the calculation described in section 3.1 for the period 2011-2013.

The Harmonised risk indicator is presented as an index relative to a baseline of 100.

Calendar year.

Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782 of 15 May 2019, amending Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of harmonised risk indicators.

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The Harmonised risk indicator shall be published at the latest 20 months after the reference year.

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In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice, Eurostat disseminates European statistics on Eurostat's website respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. The detailed arrangements are governed by the Eurostat protocol on impartial access to Eurostat data for users.

Annually.

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The Commission makes the results of the calculations available on the following website:

https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/pesticides/sustainable-use-pesticides/harmonised-risk-indicators/trends-eu_en

Links to Member States’ calculations for their territory are available on this website:

https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/pesticides/sustainable-use-pesticides/harmonised-risk-indicators/trends-harmonised-risk-indicators-member-states_en

Statistics on Harmonised risk indicator are published on Eurobase in the dataset aei_hri.

No micro-data are disseminated.

No other dissemination format.

Eurostat, manuals and guidelines:

Methodology for calculating harmonised risk indicators for pesticides under Directive 2009/128/EC - 2021 edition

The methodological guidelines can also be found here.

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The underlying statistics on pesticide sales are validated according to the quality framework for this data collection (see https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/aei_fm_salpest09_esms.htm).

The tool for calculating the Harmonised risk indicator is publicly available on Eurostat’s website together with the methodological guidelines (section 10.6).

The quality management is adequate for what concerns the indicator calculations.

The main users are the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), that need the indicator for policy monitoring.

The Harmonised risk indicator has been established through a Commission Directive and is deemed to meet the user needs satisfactorily, taking into consideration the availability of EU harmonised datasets.

The completeness is 100%.

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Data are published at the latest 20 months after the end of the reference year.

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Comparability is limited to trend analysis as the indicators are expressed as indices. The trends can be compared between geographies.

The trend of the indicator can be compared over time.

No other comparable data are published on EU level.

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The general Eurostat revision policy applies to this domain.

All reported errors (once validated) result in corrections of the disseminated data.

Reported errors are corrected in the disseminated data as soon as the correct data have been validated.

Data are only published once they are deemed to be sufficiently complete for all data providers.

New data are only used to update disseminated data if provided according to the provision schedule set by Eurostat, or in the case of reported errors.

The data sources for Harmonised risk indicator are statistics on the placing on the market of active substances contained in plant protection products, collected by Eurostat under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.

Annually.

Eurostat calculates the Harmonised risk indicator for the EU, and as a service for the Member States.

The calculated risk indicators on EU level are validated by Eurostat.

The calculated risk indicators on national level are considered validated when made publicly available by Member States or, failing that, after expiry of the legal period of 20 months after the reference year before which Member States are obliged to publish their results.

The indices are calculated by multiplying the annual quantities of active substances placed on the market for each Group defined in the Annex of Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782 by hazard weightings, followed by aggregation of the results of these calculations. The baseline is set to 100 and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 2011-2013.

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