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Possible future guidance and risk assessment for novel microbial and microbiome solutions for biocontrol in European agriculture, July. 19, 2024, AIT Tulln, Austria

Organized by: Günter Brader, AIT (AT)

Description
RATION (Risk Assessment Innovation for Low-Risk Pesticides) is a research project funded by the European Commission and is going to address a pressing problem at EU level, the regulatory constraints hampering the full potential and market reach out of Low-Risk Pesticides.
Microbial pesticides are belonging to the most used and advanced category of biopesticides with more than 70 fungal, bacterial and virus products at EU level. In addition, new microbial solutions based on bacteriophages, protists and microbial consortia or synthetic microbial communities are under development at different stages-

The workshop “Possible future guidance and risk assessment for novel microbial and microbiome solutions for biocontrol in European agriculture” aims at gathering relevant stakeholders to collect their views and identify needs to assist in the future development of the future guidance for novel microbial solutions. Scientists will give overviews on the novel microbial solutions and representatives from industry and public sectors are invited to discuss future guiding principles for shaping the regulatory future of microbial plant protection products in Europe.

When & Where
19 July 2024, UFT Tulln
Konrad Lorenz Strasse 24

(close to Vienna, Austria)

Registration for the Workshop

• miCROPe symposium participants can register and pay for the workshop inside the miCROPe registration system after registering for the main symposium.
• If you only want to register for the workshop alone and not for the main miCROPe symposium, please register by sending an email to guenter.brader@ait.ac.at

Participation fees (for administration, including coffee and snacks): EUR 80,-

Deadlines

• Registration for the workshop is open until 21 June 2024

Cancellations: If the workshop is cancelled participants will be refunded.

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WORKSHOP ON THE NEEDS BY INDUSTRY REGARDING REGISTRATION OF MICROBIAL PLANT BIOSTIMULANTS IN THE EU, July. 15, 2024, Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria

SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE NEW FPR
Satellite event to miCROPe 2024

Description
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, as entrusted by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs, is conducting a technical study concerning the assessment of safety and environmental risks as well as the agronomic efficiency of microorganisms used as plant biostimulants. This technical study aims to facilitate the incorporation of additional microorganisms into Component Material Category (CMC) 7, as stipulated in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 (Fertilising Products Regulation, FPR).

The workshop “How to amend CMC 7 of the new FPR” will gather relevant industry stakeholders to collect their views and identify specific needs to assist in the future development of the FPR. In dialogue between scientists and representatives from fertiliser and biologicals industry sectors, we will develop guiding principles for shaping the regulatory future of microbial plant biostimulants in Europe.

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Venue
Orangerie + Apothekertrakt, conference room
Schönbrunn Castle, Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47
1130 Vienna, Austria

Registration for the Workshop

• miCROPe symposium participants can register and pay for the workshop inside the miCROPe registration system after registering for the main symposium.
• If you only want to register for the workshop alone and not for the main miCROPe symposium, please register by sending an email to evelyn.hackl@ait.ac.at

Participation fees (for administration, including coffee and snacks): EUR 30,-

Deadlines

• Registration for the workshop is open until 15 June 2024
• Deregistration (refunded) possible until 21 June 2024

Cancellations: If the workshop is cancelled participants will be refunded.