EU Bodies and Agencies – Support to EFSA for the risk assessment of pesticides – 2025

Objective

To award a four-year Framework partnership agreement (FPA) with multiple organisations belonging to the Article 36 list that will support EFSA for tasks on pesticides falling within the mission of the EFSA PREV, PLANTS and FDP units. The tasks will be related to risk assessments of active substances used in plant protection products, and to risk assessments of pesticide residues in food and feed.

Among financed actions

• Evaluation of active substances
• Evaluation of biocontrol agents
• Evaluation of pesticide residues
• Data collection and management
• Drafting of risk assessment guidelines
• Prospective and retrospective cumulative risk assessments
• Assessment of negligible exposure and emergency authorizations
• Regulatory dossier support and coordination
• Development of IUCLID for pesticides
• Training and development of educational materials
• Harmonization of classification and labeling
• Evaluation of basic substances

Eligibility

• To be eligible, applicants must 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. This list is regularly updated by EFSA Management Board (Click here)
• A consortium composed of one eligible organisation must be constituted

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 4 years
• Contact: EFSAProcurement@efsa.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 2.5 million euro
• Amount of the grant: 90.000 euro