Navigate EU Biopesticide Regulations with Confidence
A practical two-day online training covering registration procedures, environmental risk assessment frameworks, and dossier preparation under EU law.
Reserve your spot → €400 excl. VATWho is this for
Built for professionals navigating the EU regulatory maze
If you work with biopesticides — developing them, registering them, evaluating them, or advising on them — the EU regulatory framework can feel like a moving target. This training cuts through the complexity and gives you a working map.
Working on microbial or botanical product development who need to understand what data regulators expect.
Preparing or reviewing dossiers for active substance approval or product authorisation.
Advising growers and companies on compliant biopesticide use and IPM integration.
In public institutions or NGOs who evaluate or fund biopesticide programmes.
Learning outcomes
What you will walk away with
Understand how Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 and related guidance documents fit together.
Follow the approval pathway step by step — from pre-submission to the Standing Committee decision.
Apply ERA frameworks for non-target organisms, soil, water, and ecosystem services.
Know which data requirements apply to your product type and how to structure a compliant technical dossier.
Discuss low-risk criteria.
Leave with a curated reference list and a personal action plan for your specific product or situation.
Programme
Two focused sessions, one complete picture
What are you working on? Setting the scene together.
Reg. 1107/2009, Commission guidance, zonal system, and where biopesticides fit within it.
From notification to EFSA peer review to Standing Committee — timelines, roles, and decision criteria.
Participants bring real-world examples.
ERA concepts for macro-organisms and micro-organisms. Non-target impacts, soil, and aquatic environments.
What goes in, what's waivable, and common gaps that delay approval.
Low-risk criteria and a personal action plan exercise.
Your instructor
Taught by a practitioner, not a textbook
Dr. Karen Andrea Muñoz Cárdenas
Karen is a population biologist and biocontrol specialist with a PhD from the University of Amsterdam. She worked as Risk Evaluator at Ctgb and in consultancy on EU Biopesticides dossiers. She has spent years researching predatory mites, biological control agents, and soil food webs — and translating that science into practical tools for the agricultural sector. She has previously delivered similar trainings in collaboration with Fresenius Akademie.
- PhD in Population Biology & Biocontrol, University of Amsterdam
- Co-Founder, Van der Steen Solutions · vandersteensolutions.com
- Previously delivered EU Biopesticides training for Fresenius Akademie
Registration
Secure your place
Individual training
Questions? Write to info@vandersteensolutions.com