Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance trimethylamine hydrochloride

摘要

Trimethylamine hydrochloride 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. Trimethylamine hydrochloride 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’), and has subsequently been deemed to be approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/20095, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/20116, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 541/20117. In accordance with Article 25a of the Regulation, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 114/20108, 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. Belgium being the designated rapporteur Member State submitted the DAR on trimethylamine hydrochloride in accordance with the provisions of Article 22(1) of the Regulation, which was received by the EFSA on 19 September 2006. The peer review was initiated on 12 June 2008 by dispatching the DAR to the notifier Suterra LLC, and on 16 December 2010 to the Member States for consultation and comments. Following consideration of the comments received on the DAR, it was concluded that there was no need to conduct an expert consultation and EFSA should deliver its conclusions on trimethylamine hydrochloride. The conclusions laid down in this report were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of trimethylamine hydrochloride as an insect attractant on fruit crops where 1 On request from the European Commission, Question No EFSA-Q-2009-00301, issued on 16 December 2011.