Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review Unit (PRAPeR)
Since August 2002, EFSA has been responsible for the EU peer review of active substances used in plant protection products. This task is carried out by EFSA’s Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review (PRAPeR) in line with procedures and deadlines set out in the European legislation. Directive 91/414/EEC on the placing of plant protection products on the market states that active substances in pesticides are only approved for use in the EU if they have undergone a peer-reviewed safety assessment. The Directive requires the peer review by the end of 2008 of all active substances that were on the market in the EU by 1993.
The substances covered by the review programme are often referred to as “existing substances” since they were on the market at the time the legislation entered into force (July 1993). So-called “new substances” that have been placed on the market since 1993 are also assessed following the same procedures. The evaluation of both existing and new active substances is done through a tiered approach. Each substance has an initial draft risk assessment report (DAR) produced by a designated Member State, this is followed by a peer review by all Member States, this then leads to a legislative decision to include the substance in the Community’s positive list (Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC).
Latest PRAPeR Conclusions
Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance prosulfocarb
Published: 28/08/2007
Finalized: 27/07/2007
Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance fludioxonil
Published: 17/08/2007
Finalized: 27/07/2007
Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance clomazone
Published: 17/08/2007
Finalized: 27/07/2007
Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance chloridazon
Published: 13/08/2007
Finalized: 27/07/2007
Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance prothiaconazole
Published: 01/08/2007
Finalized: 12/07/2007
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