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This report is Deliverable D6.2 in Work package 6 "Integrated sustainability assessment, end-user tools and recommendations" of the H2020 project UNISECO. This report integrates the results of the case studies on agro-ecological transitions with the territorial level assessments and explores the potential contributions of the strategies for agro-ecological transitions to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). The review of the potential contributions to the SDGs pays particular attention to the role of the transdisciplinary research approach in UNISECO, and the strengths and weaknesses of the co-construction of strategies for agro-ecological transitions in strengthening the sustainability of farming systems in Europe. The review builds on the main results of the UNISECO project, including: i) co-constructed strategies for agro-ecological transitions in the case studies (Schwarz et al., 2021, D3.4; Galioto et al., 2021, D5.4); ii) assessments of the implementation of agro-ecological practices at farm level (Landert et al., 2019, D3.1; Albanito et al., 2021, D3.5); iii) territorial level assessments of large-scale implementations of agro-ecological practices in the context of different food scenarios (Mayer et al., 2021, D4.3; Röös et al., 2021, D4.2); iv evaluation of the transdisciplinary approach and the engagement of actors in Multi-Actor Platforms (Smyrniotopoulou and Vlahos, 2021; D7.3). UNISECO is a European research project aiming to develop innovative approaches to enhance the understanding of socio-economic and policy drivers and barriers for further development and implementation of agro-ecological practices in EU farming systems. Learn more about the project: https://uniseco-project.eu/ This project has received funding from the European Union's H2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 773901. This publication reflects only the authors' view and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the "placing of plant protection products on the market" entered into force on 15 July 1991. This Directive stipulates that active substances contained in plant protection products must be assessed regarding the possible risks for humans, ani-mals and the environment. Only when this assessment confirms that their use does not con-stitute a risk for users, consumers, animals and the environment, are the active substances entered in an EU positive list which means that preparations with these active substances may be approved in the individual Member States of the European Union. Since 15 July 2006 a proposal has been on the table for the carrying over of this Directive into an EU Regulation which has since been discussed on various levels. On 23 June 2008 the Council of the European Union agreed on the text of the new Regula-tion. In the autumn of 2008 the European Parliament will look at this proposal. The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has voiced its opinion below on the new Regulation concerning the points of relevance for BfR's assessment work. As this is initially a Council proposal to revise Directive 91/414/EEC, changes may still be made particularly as a consequence of the proposals of the European Parliament. To ensure consumer health protection, BfR recommends the following with reference to the current Council proposal: the approval of a pesticide should not depend primarily on the sub-stance's genotoxic, carcinogenic, reprotoxic and hormonal properties when, instead, thresh-old values can be established above which a health risk is to be expected. When assessing the risk, exposure - i.e. the active substance concentration ingested by consumers - should also be taken into account. ; DE; de; efsa-focal-point@bfr.bund.de