Public consultation of the Scientific Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) on the Draft Guidance on Dermal Absorption and the Draft Scientific Opinion on the Science behind the Revision of the Guidance Document on Dermal Absorption

EFSA's Panel on plant protection products and their residues (PPR Panel) has launched an open consultation on the Guidance on Dermal Absorption and the Scientific Opinion on the Science behind the Revision the Guidance Document on Dermal Absorption. The two documents were drafted after conducting a first public consultation on the current Guidance Document on Dermal Absorption (Sanco/222/2000 rev.7; 19th March 2004) and delivery of commissioned preparatory work. The Guidance intends to provide guidance for the assessment of dermal absorption to stakeholders involved in the peer review of plant protection products under Directive 91/414/EEC. Although the Guidance has been conceived as a stand alone document, it should be reviewed together with the Opinion which gives further information on and background for the elements presented in it.

Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by means of the electronic form available on this page by 8 December 2010. 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 should be made to where the supporting information is found.

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 in their 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 EFSA’s PPR Panel and taken into consideration in order to enhance the scientific quality or understanding during the revision of the documents. Following this procedure EFSA will publish the relevant comments in a report on the outcome of the consultation.

Draft documents

Draft Guidance on Dermal Absorption(313.02 KB)
Draft Scientific Opinion on the Science behind the Revision of the Guidance Document on Dermal Absorption(600.99 KB)