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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2023)0783 – C90447/2023 – 2023/0455(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 401/2009, (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) No 2019/1021 as regards the re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals

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Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Dimitris Tsiodras

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The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's proposal on re-attributing scientific tasks and improving cooperation among EU agencies on chemicals. It restores a provision obliging the European Food Safety Authority and national bodies to cooperate to resolve scientific divergences or prepare a joint public document. It adds a mechanism for the Authority to set a period for providing additional information and to inform the Commission of extensions.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes amendments to the Commission proposal, restoring a cooperation obligation and adding a mechanism for extended timelines, while supporting the overall aim of streamlining chemical assessments.

Key points

  1. Restores paragraph 4 of Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, requiring the Authority and national bodies to cooperate to resolve divergences or prepare a joint document clarifying contentious scientific issues, which shall be made public.
  2. Adds a new paragraph 4a to Article 30, allowing the Authority to lay down a period for providing additional information and to inform the Commission of extensions, which shall inform business operators and Member States.
  3. The rapporteur supports the Commission's proposal for harmonising assessments but stresses that agencies work under individual mandates and full harmonisation is not possible without aligning regulations.
  4. Scientific and technical tasks should not be centralised in one agency; risk assessment for specific applications should remain with agencies having relevant experience.

Who is affected

  • EU agencies and national bodies involved in chemical risk assessment must cooperate to resolve scientific divergences.
  • Business operators and Member States will be informed of extensions to deadlines for providing additional information.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union