1. Priorities of the PPR Panel
Luc Mohimont - Pesticides Unit
ECPA-IBMA workshop with EFSA
26th April 2012, Parma Italy
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2. The PPR Panel is a body of the Authority and is
responsible for providing the scientific opinions of the
Authority.
21 Members appointed for a 3-year mandate, which can be
renewed twice.
Supported by WG including external experts with ad-hoc
expertise.
Independence policy.
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3. Article 29 of the General Food Law:
The authority shall issue a scientific opinion:
(a) At the request of the Commission, in respect of any
matter within its mission, and in all cases where
Community legislation makes the provision for the
authority to be consulted
(b) On its own initiative, on matters falling within its mission.
The EU Parliament or a Member State may request the
Authority to issue a scientific opinion.
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4. All requests for opinions have to state clearly the Terms of
Reference to be addressed and the deadline to adopt the
output.
All requests need to be approved by the Mandate Review
Committee of EFSA before being processed.
Negotiation of the deadline possible with the Commission
taking into account:
 Level of priority
 Extent of the mandate and existing resources
 The existence of new scientific elements
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5. Main areas of work of the PPR Panel
 Human Risk Assessment
 Environmental Risk Assessment
 Fate and behaviour of Pesticides in the environment
Adoption of scientific opinions, Guidance documents and
statements
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6. Achievements of the PPR Panel on the 25th of April
2012:
58 opinions adopted since 2004, of which
41 on generic issues, methodologies and guidance
documents
Last adoptions: April 2012: Opinion on the RA of bees and
Guidance on Dermal exposure
17 on particular compounds
Last adoption: January 2009: Opinion on the developmental
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7. Major change for the future:
Development of Guidance document will be progressively
transferred from the Panel to EFSA:
 Article 31 of the General Food Law
 EFSA WGs including experts of PPR Panel and of
competent MS organisations
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8. Typical work plan for developing a Guidance Document
1) Outsourcing of preliminary activities: data collections,
literature reviews
EFSA
2) Preparation of a scientific opinion on the state of the
science
PANEL
3) Preparation of the guidance document
(PANEL or) EFSA
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9. Ongoing mandates of the PPR Panel:
Area Outputs Timeline
Aquatic ecotoxicology 4 guidance documents, 1 opinion 2013-2015
Dietary cumulative risk 2 opinions 2012-2013
assessment
Focus Groundwater 2009 2 opinions 2013
report
Probabilistic methodology 1 guidance document 2012
Overarching principles in 1 opinion 2014
ERA
Terrestrial ecotoxicology 5 opinions 2014-2017
Toxicological relevance of 1 opinion 2012
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10. Ongoing mandates of the Pesticides unit
Area outputs Timeline
Operator, worker, bystander 1 guidance document, 1 2012
and resident exposure calculator
Persistence in soil 2 guidance documents 2013
Protected crops 1 guidance document 2013
Terrestrial ecotoxicology 4 guidance document 2015-2017
Bees 1 guidance document 2012
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11. Potential further mandates for PPR Panel or PPR unit
Probabilistic methodology
Non dietary cumulative exposure assessment
RA of microorganisms
Med-rice Guidance document
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