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1. List of Abbreviations

BBA
Biologische Bundesanstalt
BBCH
Plant growth stage as defined by BBA, Bundessortenamt and the Chemical Industry
BN
Bayesian Network
CN
Curve number
CPM
Climate protection scenario without seasonal variation
CPS
Climate protection scenario with seasonal variation
DEFRA
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DEPA
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
DT50
Degradation half life
EC
European Commission
ECHA
European Chemicals Agency
EEA
European Environmental Agency
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
FOCUS
Forum for the Co-ordination of pesticide fate models and their use
GAP
Good Agricultural Practise
HEM
High emission scenario without seasonal variation
HES
High emission scenario with seasonal variation
HSE
Health and Safety Executives
HTDF
Higher Tier Drainflow model
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPPC
International Plant Protection Convention
ISMC
The International Soil Modeling Consortium
KEMI
Kemikalieinspektionen (Swedish Chemicals Agency)
KFOC
Freundlich sorption coefficient to organic carbon
MARS
MARS meteorological database of the Joint Research Centre (JRC)
MS
EU Member State
NAP
National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
PEC
Predicted Environmental Concentration
PECair
Predicted Environmental Concentration in air
PECgw
Predicted Environmental Concentration in groundwater
PECsoil
Predicted Environmental Concentration in soil
PECsw
Predicted Environmental Concentration in surface water
PSD
Pesticide Safety Directorate
PPP
Plant Protection Product
RCP
Representative Concentration Pathways
UBA
Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency)
UK
United Kingdom
SDLM
Spatially Distributed Leaching Modelling
SETAC
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
SSP
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways