The Federation Council Committee on Agricultural and Food Policy and Environmental Management proposes to tighten responsibility for the import and use of agrochemicals prohibited in Russia. To monitor such violations, legislators proposed expanding the powers of Rosselkhoznadzor.
Currently, businesses and individuals who use counterfeit pesticides and cause damage to the environment receive fines. At the same time, the amount of penalties is insignificant and does not in any way correspond to the possible scale of damage.
Taking into account the harm to the environment, as well as the potential danger to humans, it is proposed to increase the punishment to criminal liability.
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