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COGNISATION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS OPINION ON NEW LAW REGULATIONS IN THE FIELD OF PLANT PROTECTION IN EASTERN CROATIA

One of the news in Croatian legislation after accession to the European Union is adoption of the Law on sustainable use of pesticides, which entered into force on 5 February 2014. As the legal basis came before his adoption is Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and the Council in establishing a framework action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides. The purpose of the above mentioned Law is to reduce the risk of adverse effects of pesticide use, the application of the basic principles of integrated pest management and the promotion of alternative approaches and techniques. The aim of this paper is based on analysis of the survey which was attended by 100 agricultural producers, cognize how much they know and what they think about the new legislation. The results showed that 72% of respondents are aware that by the adoption of the Law on sustainable use of pesticides terminates the Law on Plant product protection, and 78% were informed about the introduction of compulsory education. Also, 84% of respondents believe that the Law adoption is reasonable, but almost the same number, 83% thought that brings additional loads in agricultural production. Opinion of 86% of the respondents is that the law was not sufficiently represented in public and 55% of them considered that the presentation should be understandable. According to the results, it can be concluded that majority of respondents are aware of the changes introduced by the new legislation.

Law on sustainable Use of Pesticides, Rulebook on establishing framework of action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides, Eastern Croatia, agricultural producers, survey

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