EUROPE-EFSA: Workplan for the Revision of the 2013 Bee Guidance Published

Published by Adrien Margerit at 5 July 2019

In March 2019, the European Commission mandated EFSA for a review of its guidance on the Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products on Bees (EFSA Journal 2013;11(7):3295). In this context, EFSA just released the timelines for the guidance review (available to download below).

The first consultation will begin in a few weeks. Stakeholder and Member State representatives will be invited to give their views on the current guidance document. As announced in May 2019, the stakeholder feedback will be provided by a consultation group which has been selected by EFSA. The details of the consultation group members has also been released by EFSA (available to download below).

After a full public consultation to be held during summer 2020, the publication of the final revised guidance should be published in March 2021.

To download:

Outline of the revision of the guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products and bees

Meeting of the Selection Board for EFSA’s Stakeholder Consultation Group for the review of the Bee Guidance Document