BfR Annual Report 2015

BfR

Annual Report 2015

The EFSA report forms the basis for the preparation of a

recommendation to help the European Commission to

reach a decision on the renewal of approval for glyphosate.

EFSA Conclusion

The RAR addendum of August 2015 was verified and commented upon

by experts from the member states and discussed on 29 September

2015 at a meeting organised by EFSA. In addition to representatives

of the EU Member States, observers from the European Chemicals

Agency (ECHA), WHO, JMPR, IARC and EPA participated in the meet-

ing. EFSA took the results into account when preparing its final assess-

ment report. After evaluating the public and expert consultations, EFSA

published the report including all related supplements and the BfR ad-

dendum on the assessment of the IARC monograph on their website

This EFSA report forms the basis for the preparation of a decision

proposal by the European Commission on the renewal of approval for

glyphosate. This decision will be reached in a voting process in the

Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Feed and Food (SCoPAFF) be-

fore being announced with binding effect in the Official Journal of the

European Union.

EFSA has published the background

documents related to its peer review

of glyphosate. The documents can

be viewed at: