File Note : Partim Fate and Behavior in the environment 23 rd October 2006 S. Vanhiesbecq FPS Health, Food Chain S

1. File Note : Partim Fate and Behavior in the environment 23rd October 2006 S. Vanhiesbecq FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment DG Animals, Plants and Food Service Pesticides and Fertilizers

2. File Note : partim Fate & behavior in the environment No data on fate & Behavior is required Unless -existing problem on groundwater contamination or -1 active substance included in annex I of the Dir. 91/414/EEC

3. Existing problem of groundwater contamination Regular exceedance of the threshold value of 0,1 µg/L should be reported in detail by the applicant to the Authorization Committee An appropriate solution should be proposed

4. Substance included in Annex I • An appropriate annex III dossier has to be delivered • doc C : copies of existing or proposed labels • doc D1 : details of the intended uses in Belgium • doc N : overall summary and assessment • Annex III summaries • doc L-III references • doc M-III (degradation, mobility, PECsoil,gw,sw) • Annex III doc K • Note : • PECgw calculated with European FOCUS scenarios accepted • Relevance of metabolites with guideline Sanco/221/2000-rev.10-final Fate and behaviour of pesticides in Belgium - 27/09/2005

5. Relevance of metabolites in groundwater • Sequential assessment of the relevance for metabolites > 0.1 µg/L • Step 1. Exclusion of degradation products of no concern • Step 2. Quantification of potential gw contamination • Step 3. Hazard Assessment • Stage 1 : Screening for biological activity • Stage 2 : Screening for genotoxicity • Stage 3 : Screening for toxicity • Step 4. Exposure assessment – threshold of concern approach (0.75 µg/L) • Step 5. Refined risk assessments for non-relevant metabolites • max. limit concentration : 10 µg/L Fate and behaviour of pesticides in Belgium - 27/09/2005

6. Thank you for your attention