The first initiative relates to biocidal substances and aims to extend data protection for certain biocidal substances whose assessment has been delayed, ensuring fair treatment for companies that generated required data while the review process is still ongoing.

The second initiative amends four directives with the aim of facilitating and regulating the use of drones for the application of pesticides, reducing the duplication of responsibilities regarding record-keeping on animal medicinal treatments, and repeals two directives on plastic contact with food which the Commission considers superfluous after further legislation was adopted on this topic.

The third initiative aims at simplifying and streamlining requirements and procedures for products used in the production of food and feed identified as particularly burdensome by industry and authorities:

• accelerating access of new and innovative biocontrol substances to the market;
• improving legal clarity and consistency on pesticide residue levels;
• strengthening controls on imports with residues of pesticides not approved in the EU;
• addressing long-standing delays in the EU review of biocidal substances;
• regulating the use of genetically modified micro-organisms in fermentation - it modifies Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed;
• streamlining authorisations and labelling rules for feed additives;
• replacing multiple notification procedures regarding national food hygiene levels with a single EU system;
• reducing delays caused by border control by allowing consignments of plant and plant products to be split;
• simplifying reporting mechanisms on animal welfare;
• easing regulations on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE);