Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance pepper dust extraction residue (listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC as pepper)

摘要

The active substance is listed as ‘pepper’ in Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) No.229/2004 and is included as ‘pepper’ in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. The rapporteur Member State submitted the Draft Assessment Report on ‘pepper dust’. During the peer review, EFSA concluded that the substance is the residual powder obtained after steam distillation and solvent extraction of oleoresin from black pepper and therefore the substance will be referred to as ‘pepper dust extraction residue (PDER)’. Pepper dust extraction residue (PDER) is one of the 295 substances of the fourth stage of the review programme covered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2229/20043, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1095/20074. PDER was included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC on 1 September 2009 pursuant to Article 24b of the Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Regulation’). In accordance with Article 25a of the Regulation, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 114/20105, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is required to deliver by 31 December 2012 its view on the draft review report submitted by the European Commission in accordance with Article 25(1) of the Regulation. This review report was established as a result of the initial evaluation provided by the designated rapporteur Member State in the Draft Assessment Report (DAR). The EFSA therefore organised a peer review of the DAR. The conclusions of the peer review are set out in this report. The United Kingdom being the designated rapporteur Member State submitted the DAR on PDER in accordance with the provisions of Article 22(1) of the Regulation, which was received by the EFSA on 7 January 2008. The peer review was initiated on 25 June 2008 by dispatching the DAR to the notifier the Pepper Dust Task Force, and on 20 October 2010 to the Member States for consultation. Following consideration of the comments received on the DAR, it was concluded that EFSA should conduct a focused peer review in the areas of identity, physical and chemical properties and deliver its conclusions on PDER. The conclusions laid down in this report were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of PDER as a dog and cat repellent on and around all edible crops, ornamentals, garden plants and on areas not intended to bear vegetation, as proposed by the notifier. Full details of the representative uses can be found in Appendix A to this report. 1 On request from the European Commission, Question No EFSA-Q-2009-00265, issued on 29 June 2011.