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APPENDIX V<br />

Appendix V Examples of assays suitable <strong>for</strong> further testing <strong>for</strong> soil organisms<br />

Soil organisms<br />

A few suitable test species belonging to additional taxonomic groups were identified in the<br />

SERAS-Workshop in 1992 (Soil Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment System). Van Straalen <strong>and</strong><br />

Van Gestel (1992), Stavola (1990) <strong>and</strong> Samsøe-Petersen <strong>and</strong> Pedersen (1994) discuss a number<br />

of terrestrial species <strong>and</strong> test methods with various degrees of st<strong>and</strong>ardisation. Léon <strong>and</strong> Van<br />

Gestel (1994) give possible criteria <strong>for</strong> the evaluation of individual tests <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> the selection of<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ardised laboratory toxicity tests with terrestrial organisms.<br />

Results obtained in tests carried out in accordance with guidelines <strong>for</strong> pesticides may pose a<br />

problem. Only tests where the test substance is applied to the soil in a comparable way to the<br />

exposure of existing chemicals can be used <strong>for</strong> the concentration-effect assessment. Following<br />

recognition of the lack of st<strong>and</strong>ardised soil tests, research programmes have been initiated in<br />

Sweden (MATS = MArk Test System), in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s (NISRP = Netherl<strong>and</strong>s Integrated Soil<br />

Research Programme) <strong>and</strong> in Denmark.<br />

A co-ordinated programme <strong>for</strong> the development <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ardisation of a number of soil test<br />

species <strong>and</strong> test systems has also been initiated. This project SECOFASE (Sub-lethal Effects of<br />

Chemicals On FAuna Soil Ecosystem) is described by Løkke <strong>and</strong> Van Gestel (1993, cited in<br />

Samsøe-Petersen <strong>and</strong> Pedersen (1994)). It should be noted that the guideline <strong>for</strong> a long-term test<br />

with vascular plants has still to be finalised (e.g. with Arabidopsis thaliana or Brassica rapa,<br />

Stavola (1990)). Long-term tests <strong>for</strong> the earth- <strong>and</strong> compost worms (ISO draft, 1993; Dutch<br />

Draft Guideline; German Draft Guideline), <strong>and</strong> the test on Enchytraeids, OECD new guideline<br />

220, draft March 2000), <strong>and</strong> the spring-tail (Dutch Draft Guideline; German Draft; BBA 1990b)<br />

are available. These tests analyse effects on reproduction. In addition, the st<strong>and</strong>ardisation of the<br />

long-term test on Staphylinids (Coleoptera), where degree of parasitism, hatching rate <strong>and</strong><br />

reproduction are assessed, is close to completion (Samsøe-Petersen, 1987; Naton, 1989; SETAC,<br />

1995).<br />

For biocidal active substances, the Technical Notes <strong>for</strong> Guidance on data requirements in<br />

support to Directive 98/8/EC proposes <strong>guidance</strong> to the additional data requirements in case<br />

further testing are necessary after the results of the ecotoxicological studies submitted in the<br />

common core data set <strong>and</strong> the intended use(s) of the active substance, as well as further testing<br />

strategies <strong>for</strong> evaluating the fate <strong>and</strong> behaviour in the environment of the active substance<br />

together with its trans<strong>for</strong>mation products <strong>and</strong> their ecotoxicological effects (TNsG on Data<br />

Requirements, 2000).<br />

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