Research activities relating to the authorization of plant-protection products

The European Commission, DG VI, has published a call for tender for research activities relating to the authorization of plant-protection products. The required services concern proposals for the coordination of the review programme for existing and new plant-protection produ...

The European Commission, DG VI, has published a call for tender for research activities relating to the authorization of plant-protection products.

The required services concern proposals for the coordination of the review programme for existing and new plant-protection products in the context the following:

- Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant-protection products on the market;
- Commission Regulation (EEC) 3600/92 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the work programme referred to in Article 8 (2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant-protection products on the market;
- Commission Regulation (EEC) 933/94 laying down the active substances of plant-protection products and designating the rapporteur Member States for the implementation of Commission Regulation (EEC) 3600/92.

The work will involve organizing and reporting on meetings of a highly technical and scientific nature, with experts of the competent authorities of the Member States, and will require a significant scientific and technical input into these meetings. The objective of the meetings will be twofold:

- To develop guideline and criteria documents relating to the evaluation of plant-protection products;

- To peer review Member States' reports, with experts of the competent authorities of the 15 Member States, in order to prepare the necessary technical and scientific dossiers for the decision-making procedure in the Standing Committee on Plant Health (SCPH).

Frequent coordination meetings with the Commission services will be necessary and provisions will have to be made for the secure storage and frequent retrieval of dossiers relating to plant-protection products and/or the active substances under examination.
For further information please contact:

European Commission
DG VI - Agriculture
Dr. G Hudson DG VI/B-II.1
200 rue de la Loi (L-84)
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. [phone]; Fax [phone]