The Group was established at the AC4 in order to futfil the Action 22 of the Conservation and Managemant Plan: Timber treatment pesticides
The working group was requested to:
Using a questionnaire or existing information to summarise information about
remedial timber treatment practices across Europe, including information
about
• The size of the industry
• The types of treatment used to control wood-boring insects and fungi
• The pesticides used
• The process by which new chemicals are approved and whether bats
are taken into account in the process.
The IWG finished its work with the Resolution 4.5