Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000514/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Cristina Guarda (Verts/ALE)
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009[1] on plant protection products aims to ensure a high level of protection for human and animal health and the environment. Adjuvants, used to enhance the ‘efficacy’ of active substances in plant protection products, can increase their toxicity to humans and the environment. They still lack a harmonised risk assessment framework across Member States, as required under Article 58 of the Regulation. Article 58 explicitly mandates the adoption of a regulation detailing ‘data requirements, notification, evaluation, assessment and decision-making procedures’ for the authorisation of adjuvants. Fifteen years after the adoption of Regulation (EC) 1107/2009, the Commission has proposed no such regulation.
- 1.Is the Commission currently working on a proposal to implement Article 58 of Regulation (EC) 1107/2009?
- 2.If so, what is the status of this work? If work is ongoing, can the Commission provide the anticipated timeline for presenting its proposal? If work on a proposal has not yet been initiated, could the Commission justify the delay and provide an estimated timeline for when it plans to initiate it?
Submitted: 5.2.2025
- [1] Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1107/oj.