1. SCIENTIFIC ADVICE MECHANISM (SAM)
EU authorisation processes of
Plant Protection Products
- from a scientific point of view -
Sir Paul Nurse
Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer
Group of Chief Scientific Advisors
INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC ADVICE FOR POLICY MAKING

2. Group of Chief Scientific Advisors
TBD

3. Question from the Commission (Commissioner Andriukaitis) to SAM:
How to render the current EU dual system for approval and authorisation of PPPs, more transparent, effective and efficient?

4. The evidence
SAPEA Expert Group & Evidence Review Report
Additional literature searches
Expert elicitation
Policy map
Stakeholder meeting

5. Group of Chief Scientific Advisors
Scientific Opinion
Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

6. General recommendation
Establish a shared, comprehensive and long- term EU vision for food production, including the role of PPPs therein
Considerations include food security, affordability, sustainability, protecting the ecosystem;
Requires the joining-up relevant EU policies

7. Identified areas for improvement
Tensions between regulatory goals
Health and agricultural production
Complexity of the dual system
Hazard and risk assessments
Mixtures and aggregate exposure
Ecosystem effects

8. Specific recommendations
Clarify the protection goals of the EU PPP system and improve communication
Improve the organisation and operation
Implement systematic post-market vigilance
Strengthen EU’s scientific knowledge and capacity
Improve guidance, oversight and transparency of pre-market studies
Re-examine the treatment of hazards, risks, costs and benefits
Augment mechanisms to resolve divergent scientific assessments