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Teema: FW: Designation of national authorities for application for grants to obtain financial assistance for the work related to plant protection products and biocidal products From: Loa Veldi <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 8:28 PM To: Tiiu Noobel <[email protected]> Subject: FW: Designation of national authorities for application for grants to obtain financial assistance for the work related to plant protection products and biocidal products From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 8:24 PM Subject: Designation of national authorities for application for grants to obtain financial assistance for the work related to plant protection products and biocidal products Dear Sir, dear Madam, Please find enclosed our letter registered under reference Ares(2022)5729128, regarding the above mentioned subject. Please note this document is sent electronically only. Best regards, EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL For Health and Food Safety Food and feed safety, innovation Pesticides and Biocides Please note that the personal data provided in your correspondence is processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018. For more information please consult the following website: https://ec.europa.eu/dpo-register/detail/DPR-EC-04327 <https://ec.europa.eu/dpo-register/detail/DPR-EC-04327> Ref. Ares(2022)5729128 - 12/08/2022 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY Deputy Director General for food sustainability responsible for Directorates D, E, F and G Brussels, SANTE/E4/ZSK/gb(2022)5872438 Permanent Representations/ Missions to the EU of all Member States Dear Sir, dear Madam, Subject: Designation of national authorities for application for grants to obtain financial assistance for the work related to plant protection products and biocidal products Member States are systematically delayed in delivering their obligations under Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 on biocidal products and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 on plant protection products, as found in the Implementation Report on Regulation (EU) No 528/20121 and in the report on the REFIT evaluation of the pesticides legislation2. In order to support Member States to reduce those systematic delays, the Commission launches direct grants to provide financial assistance to the relevant Member State authorities3. These grants would cover activities such as the assessment of application dossiers for approval or renewal of approval of active substances, or of applications related to the authorisation of products. The grants aim also to build expertise and/or scientific capacity in certain key areas relevant for implementing the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy such as risk assessment for micro-organisms used for plant protection, and to achieve structural improvements in Member States’ capacities for the medium and long term (e.g. full cost-recovery systems and ring-fencing of the fees for the competent authorities). These direct grants are to be awarded to the competent authorities of the Member States as well as affiliated entities on the basis of Article 10(1)(g)(i) of the Single Market Programme Regulation (EU) 2021/6904 and without a call for proposals as foreseen in Article 195(d) of the Financial Regulation (Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046). The procedures for direct grants require Member States to designate relevant competent authorities to participate in the implementation of those actions. Authorities not designated cannot apply for the grants. A maximum of two applications (one for biocidal products and one for plant protection products) can be submitted per Member State. If several authorities are responsible for the risk assessments in those areas, the Member States can designate all of them. Those authorities will need to form a consortium per area 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52021DC0287&from=EN 2 https://ec.europa.eu/food/plants/pesticides/refit_en 3 Amendment of Commission Implementing Decision C(2022)724 of 17.2.2022 concerning the adoption of the work programme for 2022 and the financing decision for the implementation of the Single Market Programme. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/13019146/14348697/C_2022_724_F1_COMMISSION_IMPLEMENTING_DECISI ON_EN_V5_P1_1750829.pdf/ece0f1a6-2028-90cb-d198-7e1a13bfd5e8?t=1645611072761 4 Regulation (EU) 2021/690 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing a programme for the internal market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, the area of plants, animals, food and feed, and European statistics (Single Market Programme) (OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 1). with one of the entities acting as coordinator. The coordinator will receive the funding and distribute it to the other authorities. It is recommended that the coordinator is a competent authority working in the context of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and/or Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. I hereby invite you to designate for participation on behalf of your country a competent authority or competent authorities conducting the evaluations of applications for (renewal of) approval of active substances and for authorisations of products in the areas of biocidal products and plant protection products, by providing the following details of each designated organization: • Name and contact details of organisation; • Name of the legal representative; • Name and email(s) of a contact person for exchanges of information. Please send the requested information to [email protected] by 23 September 2022. Please note that nominations received after the above-specified deadlines will not be taken into account. Answers before the deadline would facilitate the processes and are very much encouraged. Once the nominations have been received, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)3 will send an invitation to the nominated authorities to submit an application to the call, and invite them to a workshop to explain the call procedure. I would like to use this occasion to already draw your attention to the following: in view to achieve long-term progress, the grants will be conditional to the fact that Member States commit to structural improvements towards a full cost-recovery system and availability of sufficient resources or, in case such a system exists, it is maintained. This implies that: 1) the fees the Member State charge the applicants to process their applications for (renewal of) approval of active substances and for the authorisation of products are set at a level fully recovering the costs of the authorities conducting the evaluation work for biocidal products and plant protection products, respectively; 2) Member States ensure that the fees remain fully available for the authorities conducting the evaluation work. A commitment confirming the political will to achieve such structural improvements (or maintain them where they exist) will be requested as part of the application. I would like to emphasize that the structural lack of sufficient resources in the competent authorities has been identified as the main reason for the delays observed until today and I would like to call for the necessary political support to achieve these improvements – in line with what Commissioner Kyriakides (Ares(2021)4154834, Ares(2020)2643693) wrote already to your respective Ministers. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would need further information at this stage. Yours faithfully, Claire BURY  c.c.: Ambassadors and Deputy Permanent Representatives of Member States Member States Competent Authorities on Biocidal Products Members of the Standing Committee Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, Section Phytopharmaceuticals - Plant Protection Products - Legislation HaDEA: Ms. A. Mathieu-Mendes, Mr. N. Krieger, Mr. M. Vallons, Ms. S. Nicolau- Solano 3 https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/about-hadea_en Electronically signed on 12/08/2022 16:52 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121 Saatja: Webdesktop <[email protected]> Saadetud: 15.08.2022 10:10 Adressaat: <[email protected]>; SM Info <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Koopia: <[email protected]>; Elen Ohov <[email protected]>; Agne Nettan-Sepp Brüsselis <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Teema: Webdesktop: Designation of national authorities for application for grants to obtain financial assistance for the work related to plant protection products and biocidal products Tere!Edastan Euroopa Komisjoni kirja. Vastamise tähtaeg on 23.09. Kui Eesti tahab osa võtta, siis palun saatke info esindusele vähemalt 3 tööpäeva enne tähtaega aadressil [email protected] ja [email protected] ning me koostame Komisjonile vastava kirja.Reg. number: 14-4/846Reg. kuupäev: 15.08.2022Sisu: Designation of national authorities for application for grants to obtain financial assistance for the work related to plant protection products and biocidal productsHeade soovidegaTiiu [email protected]är, EV alaline esindus EL juures