The Hungarian Crop Protection Association (hereinafter: HUCPA) was set up on 2 June 2004 from the members of the earlier Pesticide Industry Professional Association.

The main objective of HUCPA is to protect the professional/technical interest of companies of manufacturers and/or importers of plant protection products (hereinafter: PPPs) registered for this activity in Hungary.

As an associate member, HUCPA joined the European Crop Protection Association (hereinafter: ECPA) in November 2005.

-          safe handling and use of PPPs  

-         harmonisation of Hungarian and European legislation on authorisation, manufacturing, formulation, packaging, distribution, labelling and application of PPPs.

-          reasonable and safe application of PPPs on agricultural lands, including the principles of integrated pest management and safeguarding of the quality of the environment.

 

HUCPA’s decision-making body is the General Assembly. A 5-member presidency, elected for 4 years, is responsible for the performance of the General Assembly’s decisions. 

 

President:                       Péter Lantos (CSEBER Kht.)

Members of presidency:   Róbert Rácz (BASF)

                                      Gyula Kovács (DuPont)

                                      Tibor Czigány (Syngenta)

Director General:              Dr. András Kádár               

 

Committees

 

Regarding the interests of pesticide industry, the General Assembly of HUCPA shall create Committees, while the presidency shall create ad hoc Committees.

Interest protection is granted by experts designated by the partner companies and is handled within the Technical and Commercial Committees set up by the General Assembly. President of the Technical Committee is Imre Varga (Chemark), president of the Commercial Committee is Dénes Takáts (DowAgro).

 

In addition to strict observance of criteria on research, development and production (including environmental protection), the HUCPA members are responsible for the circumstances of placing on the market and use of PPPs.