Regulation Component

Result Area (Extract from Financing Agreement):

Applications submitted and defended to obtain new EU-MRLs on crops exported to EU from South Africa and development of alternative chemical phytosanitary treatments.

Activities planned for 2007 - Annual Work Plan 4 (AWP4)

• Continue with Regulation Development initiatives like MRL trials, residue analysis and data compilation;
• Management of the Regulation Development process under SABS;
• Visits to EU and one ACP country to establish relevant contacts for dossier submissions and gather up-to date information on Import Tolerances and EU MRL regulations that affect SA data collection. Visit MRL trials in other ACP country and
• Continue with contracted projects under AWP 1, AWP 2 and AWP3 and finalise them.

Activities in 2006 (AWP3)

• Continue with Regulation Development initiatives like MRL trials, residue analysis and data compilation;
• Management of the Regulation Development process under SABS;
• Visits to EU for MRL investigation;
• Approve, initiate and continue Adaptive Research Projects (Growers Associations and less-organised groups will prepare and submit proposals for PIP funding; organise and sub-contract Adaptive Research services from Research Institutes or consultants).

Activities in 2005 (AWP2)

• Conclude contract with SABS for field trials and pesticide residue analysis;
• Execute field trials and residue analysis to generate data for registrations;
• Exchange MRL data with COLEACP to avoid duplication;
• Establish Expert Pool to evaluate reports from Adaptive Research Projects;
• Calls for Proposals to co-fund Adaptive Research Projects;
• Regular meetings of the PIP Management Committee to approve funding for Adaptive Research, change requests and final research reports;
• Contracts with Research Institutes and farmer groups to carry out Adaptive Research Projects.

Activities in 2004 (AWP1)

• Drafting contract with service provider for Regulation Development;
• First MRL trials;
• Obtain crop protocols and technical inputs for MRL trials from COLEACP;
• PM to visit COLEACP and PIP Management team in Brussels;
• Develop process to propose Adaptive Research Projects and to evaluate proposals;
• Establishment of PIP Management Committee to evaluate and approve funding for Adaptive Research Proposals and
• First Adaptive Research Projects.

 
Project Management

Sandra Keller

Last updated: 6 February 2007

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