Plant Protection Products Supervision Division of the Plant Protection Department

Lielvardes iela 36, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia.

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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.

The data on distributed plant protection products (hereafter PPP) are collected by the State Plant Protection Service of Latvia (hereafter SPPS). The data source is full survey of all respondents - PPP distributors. In accordance with 8 section of the Plant Protection Law of Latvia, companies which import or distribute PPP by 1 April of each year have to submit information to the SPPS regarding the previous calendar year, with an indication of the names and quantities of the PPP sold to users. The report can be submitted using the electronic application system of the Rural Support Service. The quantity of each substance contained in pesticides placed on the market is compiled by SPPS and expressed in kilograms of substance.

• Plant Protection Law
• 13 December 2011, Republic of Latvia Cabinet Regulation No. 949 “Regulations Regarding the Placing of Plant Protection Products on the Market”

• https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/51662-plant-protection-law
• https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/241852-regulations-regarding-the-placing-of-plant-protection-products-on-the-market

State Plant Protection Service of Latvia

2012

All variables are covered

There is no divergence between national definitions and those in the EU regulation.

The data are expressed in kilograms of active substances.

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.

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).

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).

Enterprise placing plant protection products on the market; authorisation holder or holder of parallel trade permits.

All enterprises placing plant protection products on the market; authorisation holders and holders of parallel trade permits.

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The entire territory of the country.

Not applicable.

Data are available in the Eurostat database from 2011 to 2019

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

See sub-concepts below.

Not applicable

Full survey of the companies which import or distribute PPP.

Annually.

 Companies which import or distribute Plant Protection Products, by 1 April of each year have to submit information to the State Plant Protection Service regarding previous year.

The acquired results are compered with the data of previous years. Reliability of the data is assessed. All control procedures are integrated in the processing software. 

The control procedure refers to the period during which the reliability of the data is performed from the entry of the data of the merchant in the information system until their approval. The reliability of the data is checked for each plant protection product according to the following principles (previous year's balance + purchased PPP’s) - sold to the distributor - sold to the user = balance at the end of the year. If the calculated balance conforms with the data submitted by the merchant, they are recognized as reliable and confirmed.

 At merchants SPPS performs additional controls on the reliability of the submitted data.  From the merchant's accounting documents SPPS inspector fills in a special report. The obtained information is compared with the report submitted by the merchant to the SPPS. If a mismatch is found, it is corrected. Mismatches found by the SPPS inspectors are corrected in the KUVIS database. 

KUVIS full name State Information System for Crop Monitoring. The database stores information about state control and supervision in the field of circulation of plant protection products, fertilizers, plants and plant products, plant varieties, seeds and planting materials.

Every year we go to the company's where we check if there submitted data is correct. Comparing them with accounting data.

The information is compiled by using the processing software in SPPS database. All management elements are integrated in the processing software and in  case of additional information all corresponding aggregates are recalculated automatically. 

The reliability of the data is checked for each plant protection product according to the following principles (previous year's balance + purchased PPP’s) - sold to the distributor - sold to the user = balance at the end of the year. If the calculated balance conforms with the data submitted by the merchant, they are recognized as reliable and confirmed. 

Operations performed on data to derive new information according to a given set of rules are as follows: PPPs are divided into active substances. Each PPP put under the active substance. For each PPP, is recorded the sold quantity. For each PPP, is recorded the active substance concentration. The amount of active substance per PPP is summed to give the total amount of the active substance concerned.

SPPS do not perform a conversion of unit, but we understand what is unit conversion.

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

Methodology of the data collection on PPP sales is regularly revised and harmonised. Data validation process includes management elements integrated in the data processing software and in case of additional information all corresponding aggregates are recalculated automatically. The reliability of the data is checked for each plant protection product according to the following principles (previous year's balance + purchased PPP’s) - sold to the distributor - sold to the user = balance at the end of the year. If the calculated balance conforms with the data submitted by the merchant, they are recognized as reliable and confirmed.

The statistical information superficially satisfies national user needs. Information is available on the official website of the SPPS (only available in Latvian):

Do not realise satisfaction surveys or other user consultations.

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

100%

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The data is both reliable and accurate. There is no- compliance due to the use of the full survey.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is not based on samples, but covers the whole statistical population of authorisation holders and plant protection products placed on the national market.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is not based on samples, but covers the whole statistical population of authorisation holders and plant protection products placed on the national market.

Not applicable. Full survey.

Not applicable. Full survey.

Not applicable. Full survey.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics as the data stem from one source.

Not applicable. Full survey.

Not applicable. Full survey.

Not applicable. Full survey.

Not applicable. Full survey.

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

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the reported data on plant protection products covers the whole year.

In the SPPS of Latvia there is a general revision process. This process begins since the moment when merchant submit SPPS data. We check if every data is correct. After checking the data, they are confirmed. If a distributor has made corrections the appropriate statistical adjustments are then made in the final document. In the final document:

• we record each active substance total quantity;
• we show which of the active substances have been granted the status of confidentiality, as well as which of the active substances have not been registered in Latvia;
• all active substances are counted by their groups and subgroups.                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 In this moment general revision process not published, but if we need publish this process, then we will do that.                                                                                                                                                                                             

If a distributor has made corrections the appropriate statistical adjustments are then made in the final document.

Not applicable.

According to the Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009, the data is published by Eurostat 15 months after the end of the reference year and the national quality report 20 months after the end of the reference year.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics as the data and national quality reports are only published once in a final result.

15 months after the end of the reference period for the data;

20 months after the end of the reference period for the national quality report.

According to the Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009, data must be transmitted until 30 December of the year t+1, and national quality reports until 31 March of the year t+2.

1 day of delay in the transmission of the quality report

Delays in reconciling information. In the future, the harmonization process will start sooner.

Data are collected on a country level (NUTS 0). They are not comparable on a regional level. The geographical comparability between countries is evaluated by Eurostat.

Not applicable, because there are no mirror flows in pesticide sales statistics.

4 years.

Not applicable.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is annual.

Not applicable, because it is not related to national accounts.

Not applicable.

No news release.

No publications.

Data are available to users on the website of SPPS https://www.vaad.gov.lv/lv/augu-aizsardzibas-lidzekli Year of the publication 2019 (only available in Latvian). When you open the "Plant protection products" section, you have to scroll down and click on the word "Statistics". Clicking on this name will open information about what data we collect as well as the data itself. Information is available only in Latvian.

Data are available to users on the Official statistics portal of the Central Statistical Bureau in the Statistics table LAV060 "Pesticide sales (kg) 2011 - 2019: 

https://stat.gov.lv/en/statistics-themes/environment/agri-environmental/tables/lav060-pesticide-sales-kg?themeCode=AV

Not applicable.

Microdata are not published. Microdata can be obtained after request from public or specific users. The procedure for submitting a request is the same as described in item 5.1

No other dissemination format.

Not available.

Not requested.

Not requested.

There are no additional costs as regular records and inventories are made by users. There also is no significant burden.

More specif details of statistical data are available only to specific group of people who are entering the information in the database.

No additional comments.