Council Colloquium on Biovigilance
Toulouse, FR, 2003-09-18/19

In 2003, the administrative session of Council was followed by a Colloquium on "biovigilance" which was organized in Toulouse (2003-09-18/19), at the kind invitation of the French National Plant Protection Organization.In the French legislation, "Biovigilance" means biological surveillance of the national territory to detect any unexpected effects of pests and plant protection measures (especially use of plant protection products).

Pont-Neuf in Toulouse

In today's context, it extends to new types of effects on the environment and to new objects (invasive species, LMOs). During the colloquium, several presentations were made by the French NPPO on plant protection products and LMOs. A technical visit was organized to LMOs experiments, and participants could also enjoy a city tour in Toulouse and wine tasting in the valley of Gaillac.

PRESENTATIONS

Presentation of French activities concerning biovigilance for GMOs

• Presentation of NPPO activities, (administrative and technical framework, preliminary results of biovigilance) by M. Delos
• Collaboration with a technical Institute (AGMP : maize technical institute – Study of gene flow, management of coexisting GMO and non GMO crops by B. Naïbo

Presentation of the French survey of water quality for plant protection products
by Ms N. Pons

Presentation of the surveillance of plant protection products in the valley of Gaillac

Basilique Saint-Sernin Pictures from the website of ' Mairie de Toulouse'

Participants

ARSVOLL, K.
Royal Ministry of Agriculture, P.O. Box 8007, Dep., 0030 Oslo, NORWAY
+47 22 24 92 42 - +47 22 24 95 59 – kare.arsvoll@ld.dep.no

DELOS, M.
DRAF/SRPV Midi Pyrénées. Cité Administrative – Bd Armand Duportal. 31074 Toulouse Cedex, France. +33 5 61 10 62 61 - +33 5 61 10 62 72 – marc.delos@agriculture.gouv.fr

FELIX, O.
Office Fédéral de l’Agriculture, 3003 Berne, SWITZERLAND
+41 31 322 2586 - +41 31 322 26 34 – olivier.felix@blw.admin.ch

HUSAK, M.
State Phytosanitary Administration, Tesnov 17, 11705 Praha 1, CZECH REPUBLIC
+420 2 218 125 99 - +420 2 218 128 04 – miroslav.husak@srs.cz

KOTLEBA, J.
Ministry of Agriculture, Dobovicova 12, 812 66 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
+421 2 592 66 342 - +421 2 592 66 358 – kotleba@land.gov.sk

MONNET, Y.
Direction Générale de l’Alimentation, Sous Direction de la Qualité et de la Protection des Végétaux, 251 rue de Vaugirard, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, FRANCE

PANTELEVA, V. (Ms)
National Service for Plant Protection, Quarantine and Agrochemistry, 17 Hristo Botev Blvd, 1606 Sofia, BULGARIA - +359 2 953 3360 - +359 2 953 3360 – uzi@mbox.infotel.bg

PAULSEN, H. (Ms)
Norwegian Agricultural Inspection Service, 1430 Aas, NORWAY
+47 64 94 43 37 - +47 64 94 44 10 – hilde.paulsen@slt.dep.no

PETKOV, P.
National Service for Plant Protection, Quarantine and Agrochemistry, 17 Hristo Botev Blvd, 1606 Sofia, BULGARIA - +359 2 953 3360 - +359 2 953 3360 – uzi@mbox.infotel.bg

SZABO, L.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department for Plant Protection and Soil Conservation, 1860 Budapest, P.O.B. 1, HUNGARY - +36 1 301 4249 - +36 1 301 4644 – szabol@posta.fvm.hu

UZUNOV, S.
National Service for Plant Protection, Quarantine and Agrochemistry, 17 Hristo Botev Blvd, 1606 Sofia, BULGARIA - +359 2 953 3360 - +359 2 953 3360 – uzi@mbox.infotel.bg

VICINANZA, S.I. (Ms)
USDA-APHIS-IS, American Embassy, Boltzmanngasse 16, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
+43 1 31339 2497 – sonia.vicinanza@aphis.usda.gov

NPPO of France
HERVIEU, F.
PONS, N. (Ms)

EPPO Secretariat
SMITH, I.M.
PETTER, F.
ORLINSKI, A.D.
SUFFERT, M.
1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 Paris, France – hq@eppo.fr

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