Legal changes in the European Union to increase the safety of plant protection products use

At present, the main legal act concerning placing plant protection products on the market and ensuring the safety of plant protection products use is the Directive 91/414. It will soon be replaced. The following legal acts aiming to increase safety of the use of plant protection products have already been adopted or will be adopted in future in the European Union: - The Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides; - Directive of the European Parliament and the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides; - The Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC; - Directive of the European Parliament and the Council laying down essential environmental protection requirements for the placing on the market of new pesticide application equipment and accessories. The provisions of new legal documents are presented in the paper and the possibility of their implementation in Poland is discussed briefly.