National Action Plan on the Safe Use of Pesticides in the Czech Republic for 2018–2022.

This National Action Plan on the Safe Use of Pesticides is a nationwide sectoral document that revises the NAP of 2012 and aimt at (i) implementing the programme to reduce the adverse effects of plant protection products in accordance with the Directive 2009/128/EC; (ii) reducing risks and limiting the impacts of the use of the preparations on human health and the environment; and (iii) supporting the development and implementation of Integrated Plant Protection (IPP) and alternative approaches or procedures to reduce dependence on the use of the preparations. The document covers the following three areas that are or may be affected by negative impacts caused by the use of plant protection products (i) human health to prevent poisoning or other potential harm or threat resulting from accidents and the careless use of plant protection products, and the risks resulting from the consumption of foodstuffs with over-limit contents of residues and the monitoring of foodstuffs containing residues; (ii) protection of ground and surface waters, in particular sources intended for waterworks use; and (iii) protection of non-target living organisms (plants, invertebrates, vertebrates), directly or indirectly (via the food chain), endangered by the use of preparations in agricultural and forest ecosystems.
To achieve the overall goals, the NAP sets out a number of objectives as follows (i) reduce the risks associated with the use of the preparations; and (ii) optimize the use of PPPs without limiting the extent of agricultural production.
To make agriculture and forestry more productive and sustainable, the NAP aims to (i) take measures to reduce the risks associated with the occurrence of residues in raw materials, food and feed of plant and animal origin; (ii) verify the sufficiency of existing national measures to limit the risks to human health and the environment based on the assessment of so-called auxiliary plant products authorized; (iii) take measures to increase the efficiency of monitoring the presence of groundwater, surface and drinking water residues; (iv) adopt legislative measures to increase the effectiveness of controls to ensure adherence to correct principles of use of the preparations; (v) support for verification and implementation and optimization of the existing and development missing crop-based non-chemical methods of plant protection and methods of the protection with low inputs of preparations while preserving the quality of production; and () gradually update crop-specific IPP methodological procedures for other crops, including ornamental plants and forest wood.
In order to enable more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, the Government will (i) maintain the existing incentives for organic farming and integrated plant production; (ii) put into operation a public "Phytosanitary Portal", which provides comprehensive information on the practical possibilities of using integrated plant protection and, in particular, on the suitability of the preparations authorized for integrated protection systems; and (ii) ensure a system for an effective control of the presence of residues in raw materials and food of plant origin in the market network, including checking the correct indication of their origin.
As for the Governance, an interim evaluation of the NAP implementation is expected twice a year, and the annual report on the NAP implementation is being prepared once a year. The report is presented to ministers for agriculture, health and environment for information. The NAP update is prepared on the basis of a draft submitted by the agriculture, health and environmental ministers to the government for approval by a resolution no later than after five years.