Subject Agenda issues

The extension of their authorisation period clearly contravenes the requirement of Articles 1(3) and 4(1) to (3) of Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 and its legal provisions of ensuring a high level of protection of human and animal health and the environment from harmful pesticides. [...] The use of highly persistent substances leads to the risk of reaching particularly high concentrations when released in the environment, increasing thereby the risk of causing adverse effects on human health and the environment. [...] The concerns for consumers apply equally to the consumption of drinking water due to missing information on the effect of water treatment processes on the nature of the residues of flutolanil and metabolite M-11. [...] After a prolongation of 11 years and 6 months of the approval of flufenacet, the conclusions on the assessment of its endocrine-disrupting properties require a swift ban of the substance. [...] ● Minor use: carrying out the assessment of the effect of substitution on minor uses at the end of the comparative assessment and the fact that a decision to reject substitution on that ground should be evidence-based.