Revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees)

Food Safety Authority (EFSA) European; Pauline Adriaanse; Andres Arce; Andreas Focks; Brecht Ingels; Daniela Jölli; Sébastien Lambin; Maj Rundlöf; Dirk Süßenbach; Monica Del Aguila; Valeria Ercolano; Franco Ferilli; Alessio Ippolito; Csaba Szentes; Franco Maria Neri; Laura Padovani; Agnès Rortais; Jacoba Wassenberg; Domenica Auteri

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7989

Revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees)

Food Safety Authority (EFSA) European, Pauline Adriaanse, Andres Arce, Andreas Focks, Brecht Ingels, Daniela Jölli, Sébastien Lambin, Maj Rundlöf, Dirk Süßenbach, Monica Del Aguila, Valeria Ercolano, Franco Ferilli, Alessio Ippolito, Csaba Szentes, Franco Maria Neri, Laura Padovani, Agnès Rortais, Jacoba Wassenberg, Domenica Auteri

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Abstract

The European Commission asked EFSA to revise the risk assessment for honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees. This guidance document describes how to perform risk assessment for bees from plant protection products, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 1107/2009. It is a review of EFSA’s existing guidance document, which was published in 2013. The guidance document outlines a tiered approach for exposure estimation in different scenarios and tiers. It includes hazard characterisation and provides risk assessment methodology covering dietary and contact exposure. The document also provides recommendations for higher tier studies, risk from metabolites and plant protection products as mixture.

Original language	English
Article number	7989
Pages (from-to)	1-133
Journal	EFSA Journal
Volume	21
Issue number	5
Early online date	11 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7989 https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7989
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2023

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bees
pesticides
risk assessment
higher tier studies

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European, F. S. A., Adriaanse, P., Arce, A., Focks, A., Ingels, B., Jölli, D., Lambin, S., Rundlöf, M., Süßenbach, D., Del Aguila, M., Ercolano, V., Ferilli, F., Ippolito, A., Szentes, C., Neri, F. M., Padovani, L., Rortais, A., Wassenberg, J., & Auteri, D. (2023). Revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees). EFSA Journal, 21(5), 1-133. Article 7989. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7989, https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7989

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