Session 2.1 - Mandatory inspections - what is to be talcen into account:Recommendations of SPISE 2004 and obligatory inspection of sprayers in Poland

摘要

The aim of the 1st SPISE Workshop was to stimulate the implementation of the EN 13790 standard in Member States and to harmonize the inspection of sprayers that would enable mutual recognition of the inspections between the countries. The comparison of the EN standard with the current Polish sprayer inspection system justifies the statement that the most of procedures are similar, including those proposed as long-term actions. The obligatory inspection of both tractor driven and self-propelled sprayers for field crops and fi-uit growing was introduced in Poland in 1999. The procedure was based on the proposal of EN 13790 standard. The same procedure applies both to new sprayers and the sprayers in use. However, no knapsack sprayers and greenhouse equipment is subject to the inspection. The system has been organized and supervised by the Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service. It includes 360 officially approved commercial test stations. The persormel of the test station has to follow the 5-day training course and pass the official examination. The Polish system allows the minor repairs of the sprayers during the inspection. The calibration of sprayers is not included in the inspection procedure. The control system of sprayer test stations was established in 2006 in order to guarantee high quality and uniformity of sprayer inspections. Among Polish farmers an increased interest in sprayer inspection is observed for it is an important requirement of Good Agriculture Practice and therefore is a must in the certified production systems such as Integrated Production or EurepGAP. A harmonization of inspection procedures and mutual recognition of inspections between Member States is needed in the situation of increasing import of new and second-handsprayers.