EUBA – PERA – Advancing the ERA of Plant Protection Products towards a system-based approach – 2023

Objectives

• To identify partners among Article 36 organisations which can support EFSA PLANTS unit on activities regarding, in particular, the ERA of plant protection products (PPP)
• To create a pool of expertise from different organisations to support EFSA with the execution of projects in main working areas

Priorities

• Priority 1: Characterise the exposure of PPPs in different environmental matrices
• Priority 2: Characterise the hazards to terrestrial NTOs among different levels of biological organisation, and across species
• Priority 3: Collect and evaluate the methodologies and tools
• Priority 4: Exploring the integration and interconnection of data from different sources via the development of a common platform for risk assessments

Among financed actions

• Data collection and analysis
• Generation of raw data via experimental work (both laboratory and field work)
• Development of protocols

Additional information

This call for proposals will result in the signature of a Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) to develop, in collaboration with EFSA, specific projects over the next four years in support of advancing the methodology of ERA of PPPs.

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be on the list of competent organisations designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) 2230/2004
• A consortium composed of at least three eligible organisations

• Total budget of the call: 10 million euro