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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/244 
13 July 2004 
 (04-3013) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Communities.  Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General Directorate E – Food Safety:  Plant Health, Animal Health 
and Welfare, International questions 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Cereals (CN Headings 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), 
citrus fruits (CN 08.05), certain fruiting vegetables under CN headings 0702 to 0713;  cucurbits (CN 0807), pome fruits (CN 0808), stone fruits (CN 0809), strawberries, currants 
and other berries (CN 0810), cotton (CN 52), tobacco (CN 2401). 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the European Communities (EC) and third countries exporting the 
products concerned to the EC.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   "Draft Commission 
Decision Concerning the Non-inclusion of cr esylic acid, dichlorophen, imazamethabenz, 
kasugamicin and polyoxin as Active Substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and the Withdrawal of Authorizations for Plant Protection Products Containing these Active 
Substances" (available in English, 6 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Provides that cresylic acid, dichlorophen, imazamethabenz, 
kasugamicin and polyoxin are not included in the positive Community list and that Member 
States have to withdraw authorizations for plant protection products containing cresylic acid, 
dichlorophen, imazamethabenz, kasugamicin and polyoxin. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market 
sets up a harmonised framework for the authorization and placing on the market of plant protection products in order to protect human health and the environment. 
Article 8(2) of this Directive provides a pr ogramme to be carried out over a period of 
12 years for the gradual examination of the act ive substances contained in the pesticides, 
which are on the market for the inclusion in Annex I of the Directive. 
Cresylic acid, dichlorophen, imazamethabenz, kasugamicin and polyoxin are some of the 
active substances covered by the second and third stages of this work programme. 
For these substances no complete dossier has been submitted or the notifier has declared 
that no dossier will be submitted within the prescribed time limit. 
For the active substances dichlorophen, iz amamethabenz, kasugamicin and polyoxin the 
Commission will allow a further 3 years of au thorization and use for a limited number of 
Member States and for a restricted number of crops.  G/SPS/N/EEC/244 
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8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plan t Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European 
Commission Document: (SANCO/10105/2 004 rev 5).  When adopted, it w ill be published 
in all the official languages in the Official Journal of the EU, which is available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur -lex/en/oj/index.html
. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   1st December 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   :  31 May 2005  
Member States have to withdraw all existing authorizations for plant protection products 
containing cresylic acid, dichlorophen, imazamethabenz, kasugamicin and polyoxin 
6 months after date of adoption. 
For these active substances the authorizations for specified crops in specified Member 
States have to be withdrawn only by 30 June 2007, with a period of grace for existing 
stocks expiring on 31 December 2007 at the latest. 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: