(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1487 (2) lays down the data requirements for the approval of safeners and synergists and establishes a work programme for the gradual review of safeners and synergists that are already on the market. This work programme aims at allowing all safeners and synergists already on the market to be gradually reviewed and approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, within five years of its adoption.

(2)

In accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1487, the Commission published, by electronic means, a list of all substances or preparations known to be used as safeners or synergists in plant protection products authorised for placement on the market in at least one Member State at the date of 19 June 2024.

(3)

In accordance with Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1487, interested parties submitted notifications of further substances or preparations potentially used as safeners or synergists in plant protection products on 19 June 2024 to the Commission and, in accordance with Article 3(4) of that Regulation, Member States and the European Food Safety Authority (the ‘Authority’) provided comments to the Commission in regard to the notifications received.

(4)

In accordance with Article 3(5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1487, the Commission updated the list referred to in Article 3(1), taking into account the notifications submitted by interested parties and the comments provided by Member States and the Authority. The updated list ensures that all safeners and synergists used in plant protection products as of 19 June 2024 are identified and considered for inclusion in the work programme.

(5)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1487, interested parties requested the inclusion of the substances listed in the Annex to this Regulation in the work programme for gradual review.

(6)

The Commission assessed the notifications submitted by the interested parties and the comments provided by Member States and the Authority under Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1487 and the requests for inclusion submitted by the interested parties under Article 4 of that Regulation. That assessment has identified the safeners and synergists eligible for inclusion in the work programme.

(7)

Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1487, the Commission is to adopt the work programme by updating Annex I to that Regulation, specifying the safeners and synergists included in the work programme and designating for each of them a rapporteur Member State and a co-rapporteur Member State.

(8)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1487 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,