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The European Commission has published a proposal for a set of harmonised risk indicators to measure pesticide use in EU Member States as required by the EU Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides. PAN Europe, PAN Germany and PAN UK welcome this first step, but are concerned that the proposals do not go far enough and without amendment, as described below, will not provide indicators that can both monitor use and drive policy for reducing pesticide dependence throughout the EU. The citizens of the EU are calling for a system that will deliver greater protection to their health and that of the environment from the harmful effects of pesticides. As this proposal currently stands it falls short of delivering that objective.