Sustainable use of plant protection products in agriculture requires public regulation to balance the multiple and ambivalent effects of pesticides on crop productivity, the environment,and human health (Colborn and Short, 1999; Popp et al., 2013).For many decades, such regulations have gradually expanded in countries such as those of Western Europe, where agricultural systems rely on an intensive use of chemical inputs. The EuropeanUnion (EU) has developed a regulatory framework based on common procedures for the assessment of plant protection productsand their active ingredients prior to market authorization (Official journal of the EU, 2009; Jess et al., 2014). A second important objective is the promotion of a sustainable use of authorized products,