Pflanzenschutzmittel und ihre Rückstände
The Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) provides scientific advice on the risk assessment of pesticides for operators, workers, consumers and the environment. The Panel develops and reviews guidance documents on the risk assessment of pesticides. This work supports the evaluation of active substances used in pesticides, which is carried out Rapporteur Member States and peer reviewed by EFSA staff.
PPR Panel Members are scientists from across Europe with expertise in:
- Active substances – chemical and microbiological (viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc)
- Physical-chemical properties (of plant protection products and their active substances)
- Methods of analysis (of plant protection products and of their residues)
- Toxicology and regulatory toxicology
- Non dietary exposure and risk assessment (of plant protection products)
- Dietary exposure and risk assessment (of residues of plant protection products in food and feed commodities)
- Environmental fate and behaviour (of plant protection products)
- Ecotoxicology
- Ecology and population dynamics
- Ecological/Environmental exposure and risk assessment.
Panel Members
Mitglieder des PPR-Gremiums, 2018-2024
Plenary meetings
Expertensitzungen im Rahmen des Peer-Reviews im Bereich Pestizide
Das Referat Pestizide führt Expertenanhörungen zu wissenschaftlichen und technischen Fragen im Zusammenhang mit den Peer-Review-Verfahren zu einzelnen Substanzen durch. Dies umfasst Konsultationen mit von den Mitgliedstaaten ernannten wissenschaftlichen Sachverständigen. Diese repräsentieren die nachstehend aufgeführten Einrichtungen:
- Föderaler Öffentlicher Dienst Volksgesundheit, Sicherheit der Lebensmittelkette und Umwelt (Belgien)
- Wissenschaftsinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit (Belgien)
- Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (Bulgarien)
- Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Dänemark)
- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Deutschland)
- Umweltbundesamt (Deutschland)
- Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Finnland)
- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Frankreich)
- Benaki Phytopathological Institute (Griechenland)
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Irland)
- International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk Prevention (Italien)
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (Kroatien)
- State Plant Protection Service (Lettland)
- State Plant Service under the Ministry of Agriculture (Litauen)
- Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Niederlande)
- Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Norwegen)
- Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit (Österreich)
- Food and Veterinary Directorate-General (Portugal)
- Swedish Chemicals Agency (Schweden)
- National Reference Laboratory for Pesticides, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy (Slowakei)
- Water Research Institute (Slowakei)
- National Institute of Public Health (Slowenien)
- National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (Spanien)
- Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (Tschechische Republik)
- National Institute of Public Health (Tschechische Republik)
- National Food Chain Safety Office (Ungarn)
- Chemicals Regulation Directorate (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Gemäß der Entscheidung des Geschäftsführenden Direktors der Europäischen Behörde für Lebensmittelsicherheit über das Management von konkurrierenden Interessen ist die Einreichung einer jährlichen Interessenerklärung (ADoI) für die von den Mitgliedstaaten benannten am Peer-Review teilnehmenden Experten verpflichtend.
Die Expertenanhörungen gliedern sich in folgende thematische Gruppen (wobei jede Konsultation mit einer Auswahl von Experten der jeweiligen Mitgliedsliste der betreffenden Gruppe durchgeführt wird):
Physical & Chemical Properties
- Members and Declarations of Interests
- Meeting minutes (available soon)
Mammalian Toxicology
For minutes related to the Endocrine Disruptors properties please refer also to the meeting minutes in the Ecotoxicology section.
Residues
Fate and Behaviour
Ecotoxicology
For minutes related to the Endocrine Disruptors properties please refer also to the meeting minutes in the Mammalian Toxicology section.
Micro-organisms
Dates and draft discussion points
Pesticide Peer Review planned meetings 2022
Upcoming meetings:
Previous meetings:
Netzwerke
Was sind die Netzwerke der EFSA?
Die Netzwerke der EFSA bestehen aus auf nationaler Ebene benannten Organisationen der EU-Mitgliedstaaten, die über Fachwissen in den vom Netzwerk abgedeckten Fachbereichen verfügen. Vertreter der Kommission und anderer Organisationen (auch von außerhalb der EU), die über besonderes Fachwissen verfügen, können ebenfalls zur Teilnahme an der Arbeit der EFSA-Netzwerke eingeladen werden.
Die Netzwerke werden von der EFSA geleitet und von den zuständigen EFSA-Referaten unterstützt. Ihr Ziel ist es, die wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen des Auftrags der EFSA durch Folgendes zu erleichtern:
- Koordination von Aktivitäten,
- Austausch von Informationen,
- Entwicklung und Umsetzung gemeinsamer Projekte,
- und Austausch von Fachwissen und bewährten Verfahrensweisen.
- Beschluss über die Einrichtung und den Betrieb Europäischer Netzewerke wissenschaftlicher Organisationen, die in den Bereichen des Auftrags der Behörde tätig sind (nur auf EN)(35,46 KB)
Pesticide Steering Committee sub working group Bee Calculator
The members of the PSC sub working group Bee Calculator were nominated by the Member States participating in the PSC.
Pesticide Steering Committee sub working group MRL procedures
The members of the PSC sub working group MRL procedures were nominated by the Member States participating in the PSC.
Pesticide Steering Committee sub working group Risk Assessment on Bees
The members of the PSC sub working group Risk Assessment on Bees were nominated by the Member States participating in the PSC.
Pesticide Steering Network (PSN)
In September 2008, EFSA set up the Pesticide Steering Network. It was established to manage and plan the overall pesticide risk assessment and consider ways to further streamline the process. The main goals of the network are to:
- plan and monitor the risk assessment process;
- integrate the risk assessment and MRL setting processes;
- coordinate with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA);
- give advice on the prioritisation in the development and the updating of risk assessment guidance documents.
- Terms of referencelast updated: 15 April 2025
- network_and_subgroups_memberslast updated: 18 March 2025
Pesticide Steering Network on consultation for the corrigendum of the Aquatic Guidance Document (EFSA PPR Panel, 2013)
The members of the Pesticide Steering Network on consultation for the corrigendum of the Aquatic Guidance Document (EFSA PPR Panel, 2013) were nominated by the Member States participating in the PSN, including two participants on behalf of EFSA PPR panel.
Pesticide Steering Network on consultation on Draft Guidance of the PPR Panel on Residue Definition for Dietary Risk Assessment
The members of the Pesticide Steering Network on consultation on Draft Guidance of the PPR Panel on Residue Definition for Dietary Risk Assessment were nominated by the Member States participating in the PSN, including a participant on behalf of EFSA PPR panel.
Pesticide Steering Network sub working group IUCLID HYPERCARE
The members of the PSN sub working group IUCLID HYPERCARE were nominated by the Member States participating in the PSN and by the applicants owners of the substances included within the scope of the EFSA IUCLID HYPERCARE programme.
- Terms of referencelast updated: 8 October 2021
- List of memberslast updated: 21 May 2021
Pesticide Steering Network – IUCLID sub-group
- Terms of referencelast updated: 15 April 2025
- network_and_subgroups_memberslast updated: 29 April 2025
Arbeitsgruppen
Azole-resistant Aspergillus – risk factors, prevention and control
Common metabolites to several pyrazole active substances
Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) of pesticides
Effect models in environmental risk assessment
Endocrine Disruptors
Environmental Risk Assessment for terrestrial non-target organisms (ERA)
Historical Control Data
Methodologies in assessing long-term toxicity and carcinogenicity of plant protection products
Microbial pesticides
Neurotoxicity
QIVIVE DNT IVB
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)
Update of OPEX Guidance and calculator
Waiving dog studies
Geschlossene Arbeitsgruppen
Acetamiprid and flupyradifurone
Adverse Outcome Pathways AOP
Aged Soil Adsorption
Amphibian reptile opinion
Aquatic ecotoxicology
Bee Guidance Revision
Bee risk assessment
BEEHAVE evaluation
Chitosan
Consultation Group on endocrine disruption guidance
- EFSA has invited members of the Consultation Group to submit declarations of interest but, with the exception of stakeholder experts acting in a personal capacity, members are not obliged to do so.
For a full list of EFSA Member State and stakeholder experts taking part in the Consultation Group, please see here.