Outcome of the consultation with Member States and EFSA on the basic substance application for approval of hydrogen peroxide (silver‐stabilised) to be used in plant protection as fungicide and elicitor in potatoes, tomato, cucumber, onion and grapevine

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to provide scientific assistance with respect to the evaluation of applications received by the European Commission concerning basic substances. In this context, EFSA’s scientific views on the specific points raised during the commenting phase conducted with Member States and EFSA on the basic substance application for hydrogen peroxide (silver‐stabilised) are presented. The context of the evaluation was that required by the European Commission in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 following the submission of an application for approval of hydrogen peroxide (silver‐stabilised) as a basic substance to be used in plant protection as fungicide and elicitor in potatoes, tomato, cucumber, onion and grapevine. The current report summarises the outcome of the consultation process organised by EFSA and presents EFSA’s scientific views on the individual comments received.