Public consultation on a draft Guidance for consideration and parameterisation of photo transformation compounds in groundwater simulations in the exposure assessment of plant protection products

Published:
Deadline:
Expired

EFSA's Pesticide Peer Review Unit has launched an open consultation on a Guidance for consideration and parameterisation of photo transformation compounds in groundwater simulations in the exposure assessment of plant protection products drafted by the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA). This document gives recommendations on how to consider transformation products formed by soil photolysis when calculating predicted environmental concentrations in groundwater and describes possible parameterisations of the photolytic pathway (i.e. the photolytic half-life and the corresponding reference irradiation) in a tiered approach.

Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by 1 July 2020. Please use the electronic template provided at this link to submit comments and refer to the line and page numbers. To submit additional data to support your comments or files, there is an upload function available in the tool (for a maximum size of 1Mb file). Otherwise you can also contact PRAS.secretariat [at] efsa.europa.eu.

Please note that comments will not be considered if they:

  • are submitted after the closing date of the consultation
  • are presented in any form other than what is provided for in the instructions and template
  • are not related to the contents of the document
  • contain complaints against institutions, personal accusations, irrelevant or offensive statements or material
  • are related to policy or risk management aspects, which are out of the scope of EFSA's activity.

EFSA will assess all comments which are submitted in line with the criteria above. The comments will be further considered by the relevant EFSA Unit and taken into consideration if found to be relevant.

Copyright-cleared contributions

Persons or organizations participating in a Public Consultation of EFSA are responsible for ensuring that they hold all the rights necessary for their submissions and consequent publication by EFSA. Comments should inter alia be copyright cleared considering EFSA’s transparency policy and practice to publish all submissions. In case the submission reproduces third-party content in the form of charts, graphs or images, the required prior permissions of the right holder(s) should have been obtained by the PC respondent.

Publication of contributions

Contributions will be published and may be re-used by EFSA in a different context. It should be noted that contributions submitted by individuals in a personal capacity will be published as such, indicating the author’s first and family name, unless a substantial justification for protection is provided by the respondent. Contributions submitted on behalf of an organisation are also made publicly available and attributed to the organization in question.

Pesticides