Conclusion on pesticide peer review regarding the risk assessment of the active substance trifluralin

EFSA changes as a result of resubmission evaluation highlighted in yellow SUMMARYTrifluralin is one of the 52 substances of the second stage covered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 451/2000 2 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 3 .This Regulation requires the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to organise a peer review of the initial evaluation, i.e. the draft assessment report (DAR), provided by the designated rapporteur Member State and to provide within one year a conclusion on the risk assessment to the EU-Commission.Greece being the designated rapporteur Member State submitted the DAR on trifluralin in accordance with the provisions of Article 8(1) of the amended Regulation (EC) No 451/2000, which was received by the EFSA on 11 July 2003.Following a quality check on the DAR, the peer review was initiated on 24 July 2003 by dispatching the DAR for consultation of the Member States and the notifier, the European Union Trifluralin Taskforce comprising of Agan Chemical Manufacturers Ltd. and Dintec Agroquímica Produtos Químicos Lda. at the time of finalisation of the conclusion.Subsequently, the comments received were examined by the rapporteur Member State and the need for additional data was agreed in an evaluation meeting on 15 January 2004.Remaining issues as well as further data made available by the notifier upon request were evaluated in a series of scientific meetings with Member State experts in April, May and June 2004 (round 1-2 of the EPCO expert meetings).A discussion of the outcome of the consultation of experts following the procedure set out in Commission Regulation (EC) 451/2000 took place with representatives from the Member States on 10 February 2005 leading to the conclusions set out in the EFSA Conclusion finalised on 14 March 2005 (EFSA Scientific Report (2005) 28) Following the Commission Decision of 20 September 2007 (2007/629/EC) 4 concerning the non-inclusion of trifluralin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance, the applicant, the 1 For citation purposes: Conclusion on pesticide peer review regarding the risk assessment of the active substance trilfuralin.EFSA Scientific Report (2009) 327, 1-111 2 OJ No L 53, 29.02.2000,p. 25 3 OJ No L 224, 21.08.2002,p. 25 4 OJ No L255, 29.9.2007, p. 42 5 TR-14: 2-ethyl-1-propyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-benzimidazol-7-amine 6 TR-4: 3-nitro-N 2 ,N 2 -dipropyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzene-1,2-diamine 7 TR-6: 3-nitro-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzene-1,2-diamine 8 TR-15: 2-ethyl-7-nitro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-benzimidazole *: MRL is proposed at LOQ 18314732, 2009, 8, Downloaded from https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.

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