Pesticide sales (aei_fm

Pesticide sales (aei_fm_salpest09)

National Reference Metadata in ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Compiling agency: Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation(Ministry of Agriculture and Food)

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Reference metadata

1. Contact
2. Statistical presentation
3. Statistical processing
4. Quality management
5. Relevance
6. Accuracy and reliability
7. Timeliness and punctuality
8. Coherence and comparability
9. Accessibility and clarity
10. Cost and Burden
11. Confidentiality
12. Comment
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Annexes (including footnotes)

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1. Contact

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1.1. Contact organisation

Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation
(Ministry of Agriculture and Food)

1.2. Contact organisation unit

SG / SSP / SDSAFA / BSVA : Secrétariat général/Service de la statistique et de la prospective/Sous-direction des statistiques agricoles, forestières et agro-alimentaires/bureau des statistiques végétales et animales

Central secretariat/Statistics and foresight Department/Agriculture, forestry and agri-food statistics branch/Plant and animal statistics office

1.5. Contact mail address

BP 32688 - 31326 CASTANET TOLOSAN CEDEX

2. Statistical presentation

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2.1. Data description

See sub-concepts below.

2.1.1. Main characteristics of statistics

The data set comprises the annual sales of active substances contained in plant protection products placed on the national market for one calendar year according to the Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/269 of 16 February 2017 as regards the list of active substances.

2.1.2. National legislation

Yes

2.1.2.1. National legislation - Name

Arrêté du 30 avril 2010 modifiant l’arrêté du 22 mai 2009 portant création par l’Office national de l’eau et des milieux aquatiques d’un traitement automatisé d’informations nominatives et de données techniques associées dénommé « Banque nationale des ventes réalisées par les distributeurs de produits phytosanitaires ».

Order of 30 April 2010 amending the order of 22 May 2009 on the creation by the National Office for Water and Aquatic Environments of an automated processing of nominative information and associated technical data called "National Bank of sales by distributors of plant protection products".

2.1.2.2. National legislation - Link

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000022209572/

2.1.2.3. National legislation - Responsible organisation

Ministry of Ecology

2.1.2.4. National legislation - Year of entry into force

2008

2.1.2.5. National legislation - Coverage of variables required under EU legislation

All variables required under EU regulation are covered by national legislation.

2.1.2.6. Divergence national definitions from EU regulation

No divergence between national and EU regulation definitions.

2.1.2.7. National legislation - Legal obligation for respondents to reply (Yes/No)

Yes

2.1.3. Unit of measure

The data are expressed in kilograms of active substances.

2.2. Classification system

The classification of the active substances in plant protection products is annexed (Annex III) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/269 of 16 February 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides.

The active substances are classified according to chemical and functional similarity. Aggregation levels in descending order comprise: major groups, categories of products, chemical classes and active substances.

2.3. Coverage - sector

The statistics cover the wholesale and retail trade sector operating in placing plant protection products on the market.

All authorisation holders of plant protection products report the quantity of all active substances that are placed on the market nationally (incl. import and export data).

2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

This data collection comprises pesticide sales data based on the term 'placing on the market' as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. The scope of the Regulation covers plant protection products and their active substances as can be seen from the key terms of the act immediately below:

Plant protection products: products consisting of or containing active substances, safeners or synergists, and intended for one of the following uses:

protecting plants or plant products against all harmful organisms or preventing the action of such organisms, unless the main purpose of these products is considered to be for reasons of hygiene rather than for the protection of plants or plant products;
influencing the life processes of plants, such as substances influencing their growth, other than as a nutrient;
preserving plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to special Community provisions on preservatives;
destroying undesired plants or parts of plants, except algae unless the products are applied on soil or water to protect plants;
checking or preventing undesired growth of plants, except algae.

Active substances: substances or micro-organisms, including viruses, having general or specific action against harmful organisms or on plants, parts of plants or plant products.

Quantity: implies kilograms of the active substances sold.

Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on the placing on the market and agricultural use of those pesticides which are plant protection products as defined in Article 2 (a)(i). The statistics shall apply to the annual amounts of pesticides active substances placed on the market in accordance with Annex I and the quantity of active substances shall be aggregated according to the list in Annex III (as amended).

2.5. Statistical unit

Active substances defined in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 contained in plant protection products placed on the market

2.6. Statistical population

All enterprises placing plant protection products on the market.

2.7. Reference area

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2.7.1. Geographical area covered

The entire territory of the country.

2.7.2. Inclusion of special territories

Overseas territories : French Guiana - Guadeloupe - Martinique - Réunion - Mayotte

2.8. Coverage - Time

2011 onwards

2.9. Base period

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because it is not based on an index number of time series.

3. Statistical processing

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3.1. Source data

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3.1.1. Type of source data

Administrative data

3.1.2. Specification of type of source data

Not applicable

3.1.3. Main characteristics of source data

Processing of comprehensive administrative data from a national database of pesticide sales recorded in units of active substances (kilograms) by the Ministry of Ecology.

3.2. Frequency of data collection

Annually.

3.3. Data collection

Use of administrative data : respondents fill in electronic database with quantity of each plant protection product (PPP) sold.

Using the active substance composition of PPP, the quantity of product sold is converted into the quantity of active substance sold (in kg).

3.4. Data validation

Internal procedures are proceed the Ministry of Ecology intended to measure the quality of the database. We conduct checkings after extractions by comparing the data to external sources (UIPP : Union des Industries de la Protection des Plantes - union of plant protection industries) to identify possible problems. We also check, for each active substance, trends from one year to another, given each substance status (newly authorised, not approved, period of grace, ...).

3.5. Data compilation

Each active substance of the data base is associated with the Eurostat code ; some active substances are removed from the scope of the pesticides sales statistics (biocide, some adjuvant...).
The quantities of each code are added together.

3.6. Adjustment

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is not based on time series.

4. Quality management

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4.1. Quality assurance

Use of administrative data hold by INERIS which is in charge of quality database. INERIS is an administration office under the supervision of the Ministry of Ecology.

4.2. Quality management - assessment

The data is from a mandatory declaration process which is controlled. Until 2010, mandatory declarations only concerned distributors selling certain categories of the most dangerous products (products classified T, T+, N or CMR), implying that certain substances may not have been declared or only have been partially declared. Since 2010, declaration has been compulsory for all distributors, regardless of the classification of the product. However, as the entry into force of this regulatory reform was progressive, and declaration also became mandatory in 2012 for distributors of seeds treated with plant protection products and farmers buying products from abroad, it can be assumed that all sales are declared since 2014. The declaration system covers sales to end-users (or purchases abroad by end-users), which prevents double counting linked to authorisation transfers or intermediaries in the sale chain from occurring.

5. Relevance

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5.1. Relevance - User Needs

Several departments of the Ministry of agriculture and food

Several departments of the Ministry of ecology

General public

5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

no particular observation

5.3. Completeness

The data collection covers all active substances of plant protection products placed on the national market and the information of all authorisation holders.

5.3.1. Data completeness - rate

100%

6. Accuracy and reliability

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See sub-concepts below.

6.1. Accuracy - overall