PAN Europe contribution to the EC public consultation on the assessment of safeners and synergists

The Pesticide Network Europe (PAN Europe) welcomes the European Commission’s long overdue (9 years) draft Regulation defining data requirements for the approval of safeners and synergists and establishing a work programme for the gradual review of safeners and synergists in the EU market. This is crucial to eliminate the discrepancies in methodologies and level of protection that exist between Member States when assessing safeners and synergists. PAN Europe finds the European Commission’s draft Regulation satisfactory in terms of setting data requirements at the same high level as for active substances, given their equal application on to our food and the environment. However, the proposed draft Regulation has certain limitations that must be addressed to ensure its full compliance with the provisions of the EU Regulation on Pesticides.