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Reproduction and Extension of EFSA Operator Exposure Calculator

15-07-2020

Published on: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 In specific contract No 13 issued under the framework agreement OC/EFSA/AMU/2015/02, EFSA requested Open Analytics to implement a web application for operator exposure calculation. The software is developed in R and...

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Pest categorisation of the Andean Potato Weevil (APW) complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

15-07-2020

Published on: Fri, 03 Jul 2020 The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the species within the Andean Potato Weevil (APW) complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for the EU. The complex consists of 14 species, 12 belong to the...

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Review of the existing maximum residue levels for amisulbrom according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005

15-07-2020

Published on: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 According to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, EFSA has reviewed the maximum residue levels (MRLs) currently established at European level for the pesticide active substance amisulbrom. To assess the...

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Update of the list of QPS‐recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 12: suitability

15-07-2020

Published on: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) was developed to provide a generic safety evaluation for biological agents to support EFSA's Scientific Panels. It is based on an assessment of the taxonomic identity, the...

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Setting of import tolerances for abamectin in various crops

14-07-2020

Published on: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Syngenta Crop Protection AG submitted a request to the competent national authority in the Netherlands to set an import tolerance for the...

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Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for fludioxonil in elderberries

14-07-2020

Published on: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Syngenta Agro GmbH submitted a request to the competent national authority in Germany to modify the existing maximum residue level (MRL) for...

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Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for copper compounds in fresh herbs and edible flowers

14-07-2020

Published on: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant LLG Sachsen‐Anhalt, Dez. Pflanzenschutz submitted a request to the competent national authority in Germany to modify the existing maximum...

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Data sources on animal diseases: Country Card of Albania

14-07-2020

Published on: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 Mapping the ‘datasources’ on animal diseases,in each European Union (EU) Member State and, since 2020, in Pre‐accession countries,is one of the activities of EFSA's SIGMA1, 2, 3 project. The aim of this activity...

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Pest survey card on Spodoptera frugiperda

14-07-2020

Published on: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 This pest survey card was prepared in the context of the EFSA mandate on plant pest surveillance (M‐2017‐0137), at the request of the European Commission. Its purpose is to guide the Member States in preparing...

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Communication inside Risk Assessment and Risk Management (COMRISK): Final report

14-07-2020

Published on: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 A key feature of risk analysis is that risk assessment and risk management should be functionally separated. However, the usefulness of a risk assessment may be limited if the output is not designed to help with risk...

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Guidelines for statistically sound and risk‐based surveys of Phyllosticta citricarpa

14-07-2020

Published on: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 At the request of the European Commission, EFSA prepared these specific guidelines to guide the surveyor through the design of statistically sound and risk‐based surveys for Phyllosticta citricarpa, integrating the...

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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance clodinafop (variant evaluated clodinafop‐propargyl)

14-07-2020

Published on: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 The conclusions of the EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State, Greece, and co‐rapporteur Member State, Germany, for the...

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