Exponent's Harrogate (UK) office specializes in the registration of pesticides and biocides in the EU and Member States. We provide pragmatic solutions for regulatory issues in the agrochemical, biocide, industrial chemical and pharmaceutical (including animal health) product sectors, with an emphasis on consumer and environmental risk.
Our key strength is our ability to combine scientific, regulatory and product development expertise with sound business practice. This is supported by continued involvement in regulation and scientific development and strong liaison with regulatory specialists across EU Member States.
With specialized expertise in residues and metabolism, chemistry and analytical methods, environmental fate and behavior, human risk assessment, and study management, we offer the full-range of technical and regulatory expertise to address the issues that challenge industry. Our experienced staff has expertise in international regulations including Codex Alimentarius.
Our services include:
- Advice on EU regulatory strategy
- Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of CHemicals (REACH)
- Full or partial dossier preparation for plant protection active substances under 91/414
- Notifications and dossier preparation for biocidal active substances under 98/8
- Consumer risk assessments (from simple point estimates to full probabilistic risk assessments)
- Strategic approaches to addressing environmental exposure issues
- Environmental exposure assessments and FOCUS modeling
- Study monitoring
- Environmental risk assessment
- Dossier preparation for submissions to the Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR) and Joint Meeting on Pesticide Specifications (JMPS)
- Compilation of data and submissions for MRLs and import tolerances in the EU
- National registrations and re-registrations using conventional applications or via mutual recognition
- Task force coordination
Our staff has over 25 years experience of working for regulatory agencies in the EU. We have been involved in the generation of guidelines for ECCO meetings, and provided guidance for harmonized EU data requirements under Directive 91/414/EEC and through other international working groups such as the JMPR, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO), and Forum for the Co-ordination of Pesticide Fate models and Their Use (FOCUS).
More information on the regulatory and consulting services offered in the EU can be found by accessing our Exponent International Website