# Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance cinmethylin

**Authors:** Fernando Álvarez, Maria Arena, Domenica Auteri, Sofia Batista Leite, Marco Binaglia, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Angelo Colagiorgi, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Isabella De Magistris, Mark Egsmose, Gabriella Fait, Franco Ferilli, German Giner Santonja, Varvara Gouliarmou, Katrin Halling, Alessio Ippolito, Frederique Istace, Dimitra Kardassi, Aude Kienzler, Anna Lanzoni, Roberto Lava, Renata Leuschner, Alberto Linguadoca, Mariano Lopez Romano, Jochem Louisse, Christopher Lythgo, Oriol Magrans, Iris Mangas, Silvia Mazzega, Andrea Mioč, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Laura Padovani, Vincenzo Padricello, Martina Panzarea, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Simone Rizzuto, Miguel Santos, Rositsa Serafimova, Rachel Sharp, Csaba Szentes, Anne Theobald, Manuela Tiramani, Giorgia Vianello, Laura Villamar‐Bouza, Dionysia Athanasiou

PMC · DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2026.9870 · 2026-02-11

## TL;DR

This paper summarizes the peer review of cinmethylin pesticide risk assessments and MRL evaluations in the EU.

## Contribution

It provides the findings of the peer review process and identifies missing information and concerns.

## Key findings

- Cinmethylin's risk assessments were evaluated for use on winter wheat and winter oilseed rape.
- MRLs were assessed for barley, oat, rye, oilseeds, and apiculture products.
- Missing information and regulatory concerns were identified.

## Abstract

The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State, the Netherlands and the co‐rapporteur Member State, France, for the pesticide active substance cinmethylin, as well as the assessment of applications for maximum residue levels (MRLs), are reported. The context of the peer review was that required by Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of cinmethylin as a herbicide on winter wheat and winter oilseed rape. MRLs were assessed in barley, oat, rye, oilseeds (except peanuts), and honey and other apiculture products. The reliable endpoints, appropriate for use in regulatory risk assessment and the proposed MRLs, are presented. Missing information identified as being required by the regulatory framework is listed. Concerns are identified.

## Linked entities

- **Chemicals:** cinmethylin (PubChem CID 91745)

## Full-text entities

- **Chemicals:** cinmethylin (-)
- **Species:** Arachis hypogaea (goober, species) [taxon 3818], Brassica napus (oilseed rape, species) [taxon 3708]

## Figures

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12892090