SCHEER - Opinions

Preliminary Opinions open for comments / public consultation

The Opinions in this section have been developed by the SCHEER on the basis of a specific request (mandate) submitted by the Commission services. The Opinions have been recently approved and are now open for comments, for a period of minimum of 4 weeks.

The objective of public consultations is to gather specific comments and suggestions on the scientific basis of the opinion, as well as any other relevant scientific information regarding the questions addressed, in order to allow the Scientific Committees to focus on issues which need to be further analysed.

The comments received during the consultation period will be submitted to the SCHEER to be discussed and to finalise the Opinion.
 

Opinions being finalised

The public consultation / commenting period for this Opinion is over. Comments received are (currently) being examined by the SCHEER. The Opinion will be finalised as soon as possible.
 

Final Opinions

Electromagnetic fields

• Potential health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF): Update with regard to frequencies between 1Hz and 100 kHz 
   

  Adopted on 17 May 2024
   

• The need of a revision of the annexes in the Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC and Directive 2013/35/EU, in view of the latest scientific evidence available with regard to radiofrequency (100kHz - 300GHz)

  Adopted on 18 April 2023
   

Medical devices

• Update of the GUIDELINES on the benefit-risk assessment of the presence of phthalates in certain medical devices covering phthalates which are carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction (CMR) or have endocrine-disrupting (ED) properties

  Adopted on 14 June 2024
   

Protection of Animals

• Revision of Annexes III and IV of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes regarding accommodation parameters and methods of killing for zebrafish, and accommodation parameters for Passerine birds

  Adopted on 25 September 2023
   

Toys

• Scientific Opinion on the safety of titanium dioxide in toys

  Adopted on 9 June 2023
  A corrigendum of 6 October 2023 is adding one sentence on additional data sent during public consultation, on page 27.
   

• Scientific Opinion on the safety of the presence of cobalt in toys

  Adopted on 16 December 2022
  Corrigendum adopted on 9 March 2023: Corrected version contains changes on page 27 related to ECHA and REACH restriction procedure.
   

Water quality

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - 5-6 rings PolyAromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

  Adopted on 9 March 2023
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Tributyltin Compounds

  Adopted on 9 March 2023
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Dicofol

  Adopted on 24 January 2023
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDEs)

  Adopted on 24 January 2023
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs)

  Adopted on 24 January 2023
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - HBCDD

  Adopted on 16 January 2023
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Triclosan

  Adopted on 16 January 2023
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Mercury and its compounds

  Adopted on 22 December 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Heptachlor including heptachlor epoxide

  Adopted on 22 December 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Nickel and its compounds

  Adopted on 22 December 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Glyphosate

  Adopted on 22 December 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Hexachlorobutadiene

  Adopted on 15 December 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Ibuprofen

  Adopted on 5 December 2022
  CORRIGENDUM of 26 January 2023 in section 7.5.5 and abstract (two typo’s in values of AA-QSsw, eco and NOEC)
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Fluoranthene

  Adopted on 22 November 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Nonylphenol

  Adopted on 11 November 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Diuron

  Adopted on 12 October 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Bisphenol-A

  Adopted on 12 October 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Hexachlorobenzene

  Adopted on 13 October 2022
  CORRIGENDUM of 5 December 2022 for the QS_{biota, secpois, fw} and the critical EQS

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - PFAS

  Adopted on 18 August 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Cypermethrin

  Adopted on 9 August 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Diclofenac

  Adopted on 2 August 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on Groundwater quality standards for proposed additional pollutants in the annexes to the Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC)

  Adopted on 18 July 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Chlorpyrifos

  Adopted on 15-16 June 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Carbamazepine

  Adopted on 20 May 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Bifenthrin

  Adopted on 6 May 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Azithromycin

  Adopted on 6 May 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Clarithromycin

  Adopted on 6 May 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Esfenvalerate

  Adopted on 25 March 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Permethrin

  Adopted on 25 March 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Deltamethrin

  Adopted on 25 March 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Thiamethoxam

  Adopted on 25 March 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Thiacloprid

  Adopted on 25 March 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Clothianidin

  Adopted on 25 March 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Acetamiprid

  Adopted on 25 March 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - 17-Alpha-Ethinylestradiol (EE2), Beta-Estradiol (E2) and Estrone (E1)

  Adopted on 1 March 2022
   

• Scientific Opinion on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive" - Erythromycin

  Adopted on 28 February 2022
   

Statements

• SCHEER - Memorandum on Weight of Evidence approach for Risk Assessment - Revision 2024

  Adopted on 22 October 2024
   

• SCHEER - Position Paper on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive"

  Adopted on 3 April 2023
   

• Statement II on emerging health and environmental issues (2022)

  Adopted on 13 January 2022
   

Previous committee

- SCHEER - Opinions (2016-2021)