Dear Mr. Kriz,
On behalf of PAN Europe, I am writing to bring to EFSA’s attention key lessons arising from three recent European Court rulings on pesticides, in two cases brought before the Court by PAN Europe against the European Commission and one national case against the State of Belgium, where questions for preliminary rulings were sent to the EU Court. These judgments provide legal guidance on the implementation of Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 including the obligations incumbent upon EFSA within this legal framework. We trust that these rulings will be fully taken into account in future EFSA publications linked to pesticide risk assessment.