﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>CropLife International</title><link>http://www.croplife.org</link><description /><copyright /><item><title>Position Paper - Equivalence - 6 July 2010</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2724</link><pubDate>2011-05-22T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>CropLife International Position on Child Labour</title><description><![CDATA[CropLife International member companies do not tolerate child labor and do not employ children within their organizations. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3163</link><pubDate>2011-05-16T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC), March 2011</title><description><![CDATA[February 24, 2004 marked the entry into force of the Rotterdam Convention. Since then more than 140 countries have ratified the Convention and are Parties to it.

The PIC procedure is intended to enable importing Parties to make informed decisions about future imports of certain pesticides and chemicals which are banned or severely restricted in other Parties as well as severely hazardous pesticide formulations which might be causing problems in a developing country under conditions of use. 
]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3137</link><pubDate>2011-05-03T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Speciality Crops and Minor Uses - 3 June 2010</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2723</link><pubDate>2010-07-21T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Child Labour</title><description><![CDATA[CropLife member companies do not tolerate child labor and do not employ children within their organizations. These companies also work to secure the same commitment from their contract partners in the seed supply chains.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=1980</link><pubDate>2010-02-18T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Market Access for Crop Protection Products</title><description><![CDATA[We support a new multilateral round of trade negotiations and the continuation of the market access negotiations, with the aim of reducing/eliminating tariffs and non-tariff barriers against all chemicals, including crop protection chemicals.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=353</link><pubDate>2010-02-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - The Protection of safety and efficacy data for existing and new crop protection chemicals</title><description><![CDATA[CropLife International supports legislation which provides effective and adequate protection of regulatory data submitted for the registration of new and existing crop protection chemicals against unfair commercialization.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=349</link><pubDate>2010-02-15T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Benefits of Using Crop Protection Products with Specific Reference to Habitat Preservation and Biodiversity</title><description><![CDATA[Research into agricultural science has lead to extraordinary progress in food production, and, as understanding of the interrelationships among world population increase, higher-yield farming and the preservation of natural resources became essential. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=360</link><pubDate>2010-02-15T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Guidance concerning risk management and risk mitigation of pesticide products for health and or environmental reasons</title><description><![CDATA[The International Code of Conduct on the distribution and use of pesticides was established as one of the first voluntary Codes of Conduct in support of increased food security, while at the same time protecting human health and the environment.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2079</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - PRD Toolkit</title><description><![CDATA[CropLife International supports legislation which provides effective and adequate protection of regulatory data submitted for the registration of new and existing crop protection chemicals against unfair commercialization. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2005</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Non-Target Organism  Assessment for Herbicide Tolerant Crops</title><description><![CDATA[CropLife International members who develop crops using biotechnology are concerned about regulatory requests for unnecessary data that delay the introduction of new products and create uncertainty about the safety of GM crops in the minds of the public. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=1762</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Destruction of Counterfeit Pesticides</title><description><![CDATA[Counterfeit products are not made by legitimate manufacturers; hence there is no legal obligation for brand owners to fund the storage and destruction of counterfeits illegally produced or sold.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2274</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Croplife International Obsolete Stocks Programme Country Report</title><description><![CDATA[These summaries supplement CropLife International’s policy statement ‘Obsolete Stocks of Crop Protection Products’, and list projects relevant to companies participating in the CropLife obsolete stocks programme.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=350</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - The Implementation of the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals</title><description><![CDATA[Product labels are the primary communication tool to farmers for the safe and effective handling of crop protection products. It is essential that labels convey a clear message on health and safety aspects of product use.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=351</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Regulation of Plant Biotechnology Products Containing Two or More Traits Combined By Conventional Plant Breeding</title><description><![CDATA[Combined trait plant biotechnology products are those containing more than one biotechnology-derived trait, such as one for insect control and another for herbicide tolerance, or two different insect control traits. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=352</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Prior Informed Consent - French</title><description><![CDATA[Since the Rotterdam Convention the Prior Informed Consent Procedure is legally binding.  French version of the position paper: Procédure de consentement préalable en connaissance de cause.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=84</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Papaer - Prior Informed Consent - Spanish</title><description><![CDATA[Since the Rotterdam Convention the Prior Informed Consent Procedure is legally binding.  Spanish version of the position paper: 
Consentimiento Fundamentado Previo. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=85</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Consensus Position on Diagnostic Test Methods for Agricultural Biotechnology Products</title><description><![CDATA[Diagnostic methods are an integral part of proper product development, quality control, and regulatory data gathering for agricultural biotechnology products.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=354</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Croplife International Position on Harmonisation</title><description><![CDATA[Early interests in harmonization were led by the FAO. In 1975 FAO established the FAO Committee of Experts on Pesticide Specifications, Registration Requirements and Application Standards. After 1982, the emphasis shifted toward registration procedures.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=355</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Position Paper - Obsolete Stocks of Crop Protection Products - 1995 - revised 2002</title><description><![CDATA[During the past decade, stockpiles of pesticides have been identified in a number of developing countries. A large proportion of the products in the stockpiles are now obsolete and require to be rendered safe, then disposed of.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=356</link><pubDate>2010-01-17T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
