In 2018 the EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility (MUCF) conducted a survey to Member States (EU Member States
plus Norway and Switzerland) on their minor uses needs and priorities. This survey was set up to
prepare an overview of the minor uses needs and priorities of the whole European region. As a result, 25 out
of 28 EU Member States responded to this survey, plus Norway and Switzerland.
The results are displayed in the EU Minor Uses Database EUMUDA. It is critical that the information
in EUMUDA stays updated as this is the starting point to solve minor uses issues at European level.
On 16 April 2019 the MUCF has launched the "Survey 2019 on minor uses needs and priorities". This
survey is based on the information already provided by Member States in 2018 and that is currently displayed
in EUMUDA. It also contains the needs that have been added by CEG Ornamentals, CEG Tobacco, and CEG Hops.
For the minor uses needs of CEG Tobacco and CEG Hops their "internal priority setting" is indicated in the
"comments" column.
The MUCF has carried out Homologa searches for a number of minor uses needs (Homologa is a database
that contains detailed information about authorized products and their uses).
National Minor Uses Contact Points are requested to respond to this survey by
updating or removing existing needs and to add new needs.
National Minor Uses Contact Points will attribute priorities as follows: