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. A The Pl~ot£ce o£ Plant Proteot$on ~1 the case of Tobacco. Xnternat£on~ Surveys as or 196~. kot~re givenbyProf. H.HAtler,Tobacco Rooearch ~otitute, Bergerac,.France. Zn the context of meastueos for the proteot£on oF the consumer the 8~voz~mon~s Of ~£ous oountr£es have lone s~uce laid down P mosd~=~oe restriotJJ~ the use of plant p~otoction agento.Znreoent • yos~es~hoveverpthe problem of the residues of theme "plant protection aKento has KaJJaed oono£dez~bly in.£mportanootand the'indications are the~ th£s importance couZd become even Kreator in the £ut~o. C01LBST£ ham x~wwyo clearly reoo~n£sed the ~mportanoo o£ this problem,but holds also the unoq~Lvocal eon~iction that statutoz7 regulationa concer~ing commerce in tobacco must be adapted in a ~ speo~ waT to the specific use o£ the f4nished tobacco products. The ovez~ problem was dtvidod,therefore,vith£n COREST& amonc the JJIdtv£dus~ workLuc teoJn8 so that the ~ndividus£ sts~es between the p]~nt~J~ o£ the tobacco p~8~t,the manufacture of the tobacco products and the trx~xition of the rosidtual subotances into the smokey ore able to be doalt~Zth in each case by the different study a~oups. As a st~z~ po4nt it seemed to be nocessaz7 to cart7 out a. stoak-~ak~nc ouzw~T ~Jzwh~ch ~t was establ£shed vh£ch ohem~cx~ eq~nts worm u~ed in tobacco ~ow~ and under wh~t cond£t~ono thAs took place. o°. .. ." : .° • .~ • . • . . °. ° N ¢,./'1 "

I I ..... o J The CORF~TA study ~roup mA~onomyW oonsequently carried out an o~J~the ~sars 1967and 1968 in the ~owLug eountr£om~tho rosu~Lts of wh~oha~o horo reported: The USe 9£ Plant ProteotionAKents, An enqu:lA7 ampng.the members of CORESTA produced 28 replies From 2~ oountt~£es.The evaluation oF the results oonsequently yields .a £a~L~ly accurate p£oturo oF the present situation and also pez~Lts to a oerta4~ extent pred£ot£ons oF ~ature denrelopments.AooordJJ~ m to the manner o£ appl£catlon of the plant proteotlon asent the • £ollowJJ~ areas of use were di££erent£ated: - in ~he seed bed - on tht tobaooo field - after the hax-yost - in warehouses Xn each of these groups the £o3~Lowing d£stinot£ons yore uadet - po13~qLLent chem4oal oompounds used for a preparatory dlslnfectlon of the soils - Lnseot£c£des - FungioLdes.baoteri¢tdes .- k~ioides tad various other produotJ. The x~sult Is 8umar£ned in tables Z.- Y, Table Z Table ZX Table ZZ3; Table ZV Table ¥ -agents reguAa~lTused in the seed bed - agents oeoasionally used in the mood bed - agents regu~La~lyused infield cultivation - agents oooas£ona3~y uss~ in field oultivat£on -agents regula~lTused'inwarehouses. .;... ." . .. .0 .. O e...db. mnmd~ r%)