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European Commission, Directorate General Health and Consumer Protection, Guidance Document on Residue Analytical Methods, SANCO/825/00 rev. 6, June 20,2000, European Commission, Brussels (2000). 

Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (2003) Technical Guidance Document on Risk Assessment in support of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC on risk assessment for new notified substances Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 on risk assessment for existing substances Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market... 

European Commission (2001) Review report for the active substance lambda-cyhalothrin. Directorate - General, Health and Consumer Protection, El - Plant health, Brussels, 7572/VI/ 97- final, pp 52... 

European Commission (2002) Guidance document on aquatic ecotoxicology., Health and Consumer Protection Directorate - General, Bmssels, Sanco/3268/2001 rev 4 (final), pp 62... 

The major contaet within the serviees of the European Commission is the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics imit of the Directorate-General for Enterprise but information is also continually exchanged with the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection. Other eontaets inelude the Directorate-General for Research and the Joint Research Center. 

EC (2003) Technical guidance on risk assessment, TGD Part 11. Technical Report, Institute for health and consumer protection, European Chemicals Bureau, European Commission (EC)... 

Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly-Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) (2007) Preliminary report on the safety of medical devices containing DEHP-plasticized PVC or other plasticizers on neonates and other groups possibly at risk. European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection... 

In 2000, the European Commission issued a communication on the precautionary principle (EU 2000), in which it adopted a procedure for the application of this concept. The precautionary principle is not defined in the treaty, which prescribes it only once - to protect the environment. But in practice, its scope is much wider, beyond that of environmental policy, and, specifically where preliminary objective scientific evaluation, indicates that there are reasonable grounds for concern that the potentially dangerous effects on the environment, human, animal, or plant health may be inconsistent with the high level of protection chosen for the Community. The precautionary principle is implemented, for example, in the EU food law and also affects, among others, policies relating to consumer protection, trade and research, and technological development. 

CEM TF. 2004. Consumer Exposure Modelling Tools. Ispra, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Physical and Chemical Exposure Unit, Exposure Modelling Sector, http //cem.jrc.it/cemdb/qstart.php... 

EC] European Commission. 2000. First report on the harmonisation of risk assessment procedures. Part 1. European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Brussels EC. 

Comments on the DG SANCO Consultation of Consumer Organizations, Industry Concerned and Other Interested Parties on the Strategy for Completion of the Positive List of Food and Food Ingredients to be Authorised for Irradiation Treatment, Annex of Directive 1999/3/EC, SANCO/4175/2000-rev.l, European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Directorate D - Food Safety Production and Distribution Chain, Brussels, 2000. Ehlermann, D.A.E. Radiat. Phys. Chem. 2002, 63, Til. 

European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, June (2009). 

Koistinen and D. Kotzias). European collaborative action. Urban air, indoor environment and human exposure. Environment and Quality of Life. With the assistance of European Commission, Directorate Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection Physical and Chemical Exposure Unit. EUR 22503EN. EC Joint Research Centre,... 

The SCCNFP S Notes of guidance for testing of cosmetic ingredients and their safety evaluation 5th revision. The Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products Intended for Consumers. European Commission, Directorate General DG XXIV Consumer Policy and Consumer Health Protection, http //dg3.eudra.org/dgiii3/docs.htm. 

The EU Risk Assessment ( Council Regulation [EEC] 793/93 of 23 March 1993 )39 is well recognized as being the leading independent, transparent, and science-based system for assessing chemicals and substances in everyday use.40 The Consumer Products Safety Quality (CPS Q) Unit, formerly known as European Chemicals Bureau (ECB), is part of the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP), which is one of the seven scientific institutes in the European Commission s Joint Research Center (JRC).41 The CPS Q is responsible for managing the risk assessment process. As will be discussed in further detail in Section 22.2.2.4.4, the EU Risk Assessment process was revoked on June 1, 2008 and replaced by the REACH Directive. 

The product of the exposure assessment process should provide the scientific basis for risk management and communication, which are often initiated by identifying possible hazards. As a measurement, the result is complete only when accompanied by a quantitative statement of its uncertainty (Taylor Kuyatt, 1994), which is required in order to decide whether the result is adequate for its intended purpose and to ascertain whether it is consistent with other similar results. In 2002, the European Commission s Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General published a scheme in a report on animal health that highlights the role played by exposure assessment in risk assessment and emphasizes the need for risk communication in all steps of risk assessment (EC, 2002). 

EC (2002) Preliminary report on the risk assessment for animal populations. Discussed by the Scientific Steering Committee at its meeting of 7-8 November 2002. Brussels, European Commission, Health Consumer Protection Directorate-General (http //ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/ssc/out298 en.pdt). 

One important consequence of the Committee s failure to make progress is that the existing Standard (Joint FAO/WHO, 1993) remains in place and will be the reference used by WTO in any trade dispute. This text is very out of date and revised provisions are needed urgently in order to ensure consumer protection and to facilitate fair trade. It is thus important that the European Commission and the IOOC harmonize their rules and that agreement is reached on the Codex text when it is discussed again at the 18th CCFO session in 2003. In this respect, a commitment was made by the European Commission to the Council to work constructively with the IOOC in order to harmonize standards (Council of the European Union, 2001). 

The Scientific Committee on Food (Directorate General, Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission) concluded, in its statement of 19 June 1992, that the average percentage of lead in foodstuffs did not seem alarming, but that longer term action was necessary to further reduce it. 

Allanou, R., Hansen, B.G., and van der Bilt, Y. (1999) Public Availability of Data on EU High Production Volume Chemicals. European Commission EUR 18996 EN, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Ispra. 

Madelin, Robert (2004) The Importance of Scientific Advice in the Community Decision Making Process . Director General for Health and Consumer Protection, the European Commission. Presentation given at the inaugural joint meeting of the members of the non-food scientific committees, Brussels, 7 September 2004. 

F. Pedersen, J. de Bruijn, S. Munn and K. van Leeuwen, Assessment of Additional Testing Needs under REACH Effects of (Q)SARS, Risk Based Testing and Voluntary Industry Initiatives, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, 2003. 

Anonymous (2002) Opinion of the Scientific Committee of Food on Capsaicin, European Commission, Health Consumer Protection Directorate General, Brussels,... 

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