Public consultation of the Scientific Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) on the revision of the existing Guidance Document on Dermal Absorption (SANCO/222/2000 rev. 7) under Council Directive 91/414/EEC.
EFSA's Panel on plant protection products and their residues (PPR Panel) has launched an open consultation on a revision of the current Guidance Document on Dermal Absorption under Council Directive 91/414/EEC. The Guidance Document intends to help notifiers and Member States on the definition of dermal absorption values to be used in risk assessment for users of plant protection products reviewed for inclusion in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by means of the electronic forms available on this page by 15 January 2009. Please note that comments submitted by e-mail or by post cannot be taken into account.
If interested parties wish to contribute studies or data to support a particular comment, these should be published or accepted for publication in scientific reports or journals and clear reference to where the supporting information is found should be made.
It should be noted that a submission will not under any circumstances be considered if:
- It is submitted after the deadline set out in the call;
- It is presented in any other form than the instructions and template provide for;
- It contains comments which do not relate to the contents of the document;
- It contains information on individual cases;
- It contains complaints against institutions, personal accusations, irrelevant or offensive statements or material;
- It is related to policy or risk management aspects, which is out of the scope of EFSA's activity.
Furthermore,
- Repeated comments received from the same contributor will appear only once.
- Comments submitted by individuals on personal capacity will be published anonymously.
- Comments submitted formally on behalf of an organization will appear with the name of the organization.
EFSA will assess all relevant comments from interested parties which are submitted in line with the above criteria. The comments will be evaluated by the EFSA’s Scientific Panel on plant protection products and their residues (PPR Panel) and taken into consideration where these will enhance the scientific quality or understanding during the revision of the documents. Following this procedure EFSA will publish the relevant comments received, as well as a short report on the outcome of the consultation.
Submit comments on the revision of the Guidance Document on Dermal Absorption