Promoting biocontrol

3.2.2020

Question for written answer E-000613/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Nadine Morano (PPE)

The EU and several Member States aim to reduce the use of plant protection products in agriculture. One of the alternatives to these products is biocontrol, which uses natural mechanisms (predators, mineral substances, etc.) to fight pests and accounts for nearly 10% of the pesticides market in France.

In this context,

what action will the Commission take to promote the use of biocontrol by EU farmers?