Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Pepino mosaic virus strain CH2 isolate 1906

The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State Belgium for the pesticide active substance Pepino mosaic virus strain CH2 isolate 1906, and the assessment of the application to include Pepino mosaic virus strain CH2 isolate 1906 in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, are reported. The context of the peer review was that required by Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative use of Pepino mosaic virus strain CH2 isolate 1906 as a virus inoculation for cross protection of tomatoes under glasshouse application. The reliable endpoints concluded as being appropriate for use in regulatory risk assessment, derived from the available studies and literature in the dossier peer reviewed, are presented. Missing information identified as being required by the regulatory framework is listed.