Interpretation of surface water monitoring results in the authorisation procedure of plant protection products in the Netherlands

Abstract

As part of the ‘Surface Waters Decision Tree’ project a new authorisation procedure for plant protection products (PPPs) has been developed. The feedback of monitoring results in the authorisation procedure consists of 3 main steps: 1. Identification and ranking of problematic substances 2. Analysis of plausible causes 3. Feedback procedure In this report, a methodology for all three steps is describe