Table 4 Investigated competent authorities
Regulatory Zone | Authority | Country | Acronym | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
National language | English | |||
North (n = 2) | Kemikalieinspektionen | Swedish Chemicals Agency | Sweden | KEMI |
Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto | Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency | Finland | Tukes | |
Center (n = 5) | Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung | German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment | Germany | Bfr |
College voor de toelating van gewasbeschermingsmiddelen en biociden | Dutch Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides | Netherlands | Ctgb | |
Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development | Poland | - | |
Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal | National Food Chain Safety Office | Hungary | Nébih | |
Ústřední kontrolní a zkušební ústav zemědělský | Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture | Czech Republic | ÚKZÚZ | |
South (n = 3) | Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail | French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety | France | Anses |
Бългapcкa aгeнция пo бeзoпacнocт нa xpaнитe | Bulgarian Food Safety Agency | Bulgaria | BFSA | |
Ministero della Salute | Ministry of Health | Italy | - | |