Each Party shall, wherever appropriate, consider the potential effects of pesticides on bats, when assessing pesticides for use, and shall endeavour to replace timber treatment chemicals which are highly toxic to bats with safer alternatives.
Vsaka pogodbenica, kadar je to primerno, pri presoji uporabe pesticidov upošteva njihove mogoče učinke na netopirje in si prizadeva nadomestiti tiste kemične pripravke za obdelavo lesa, ki so zelo strupeni za netopirje, z varnejšimi drugimi možnostmi.