date:Apr 01, 2014
EFSA takes note of the recent conclusions of the European Ombudsman with regards to allegations made by Pesticides Action Network Europe about the independence of the Authoritys scientific panels and working groups.
The Ombudsman does not contest EFSAs compliance with its decision-making process at the time but found that EFSA did not respond adequately to PAN Europes concerns about its scientific panels and working groups, which could have created the impression that there was a conflict of in