EUMUDA is an important tool to collect the minor use needs from Member States, to follow-up on these needs
and to manage all projects.
This database plays a key role in finding chemical and/or non-chemical solutions for minor uses
gaps, within an Integrated Pest Management framework.
Not all information on individual projects is accessible for everybody. Rules for confidentiality and access
rights have been implemented and can be found here.
The guide for users of EUMUDA is available and can be found here. Comments can be sent to the MUCF at contact@minoruses.eu
Currently, the MUCF and Member States are in the process to populate EUMUDA with more data.
The authorisation applied for is considered of public interest.
Public interest means the intended application is in a crop that is important for Austria or can be carried out within the framework of regionally adapted forms of cultivation.
Cultivation area: less than 8 000 ha.
Crop type:
On major crops, some uses are major, some uses are minor. The uses are considered as minor when they are of low importance, of limited surface compared to the cover of the culture or have a random character (frequency of appearance and importance). There are no quantitative criteria.
On a major crop, a use is considered minor if the occurrence of the harmful organism requires a treatment of less than 10 000 ha per year.
The authorisation applied for is of public interest.
Public Interest (Art. 51 (2) c):
a) the pest must be worthy of control in the crop,
b) there must be a minor use gap (no sufficient practicable non-chemical or chemical alternatives, taking into account the implementation of appropriate resistance management - i.e. usually the presence of 2-4 (in general at least 3) non-cross-resistant active substances are closing the gap,
c) the estimated profit expectation for the manufacturing company.
The public interest is denied if sufficient or equivalent agents are available for use and/or the pest is not economically significant.
An application with the same active ingredient in the same indication (the active ingredient is already approved in the indication applied for) is not in of public interest.
The calculation of an economic benefit does not necessarily lead to the failure of the public interest but to the levying of charges. In case the urgency of the availability of the PPP for practice is demonstrated, the public interest criterion is considered to be met even if there is an expectation of profit.
Cultivation area: less than 6 000 ha.
Crops which are (or in the near future are expectedly to be) cultivated on an area of less than 6 000 ha are considered minor. These crops are listed in the Hungarian decree No. 89/2004 FVM (under renewal process).
Cultivation area: less than 10 000 ha.
Ireland does not have a legal definition of what constitutes a major or minor crop. However, if a crop is typically grown for a number of years where the area is in excess of 10 000 ha, the crop can be considered major. All other crops are considered minor.
All uses not listed in the list of major uses provided by Ireland.
Ireland does not have a legal definition of major and minor uses. There is only a list of pests for which control would be typically considered a major use in major crops.
Minor use in a major crop:
Cultivation area: less than 10 000 ha.
A minor crop is a crop grown on an area equal to or less than 10 000 ha. The value of the crop area is obtained from the agricultural statistics of the previous calendar year.
A 'very minor' crop is a crop grown on an area of less than 0.0035% or equal to 0.0035% of the total area of agricultural land. The value of the crop area and the total agricultural land are obtained from the agricultural statistics of the previous calendar year.
A major crop is a crop grown on an area of 10 000 ha or more, which is a priority for the country because of its economic and agronomic value.
Cultivation area:
Cultivation area:
Exceptional need criterion (evaluated case by case). The 'exceptional need' criterion is assessed if the crop production area is larger (more than 5 000 ha for field crops and more than 1 000 ha for greenhouse crops). These are uses in not usually widely grown crops, but which are needed only under exceptional circumstances. The applicant must provide verifiable information about the nature and scope of the use. Based on the information provided, a recommendation is made about whether the application concerns a minor use.
Culture type: all crops which are not in the following categories are considered minor: