./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/16
26 July 2002
(02-4170)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
European Commission,
EC-TBT Enquiry Point,
Fax:  003222995725,
e-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   List of certain active
substances (Annex I of the Regulation)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission
Regulation extending the time period referred to Article 8(2) of Council Directive
91/414/EEC and concerning the non-inclusion of  certain active substances in Annex I to
that Directive  and the withdrawal of authorizations for plant protection products containing
these substances
6. Description of content:   Provides that the active substances mentioned in Annex I of the
draft Regulation are not included in the positive Community list and the Member States
have to withdraw authorizations for plant protection products containing these active
substances.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
sets up a harmonized 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 programme to be carried out over a period
of 12 years for the gradual examination of the active substances contained in the pesticides,which are on the market for the inclusion in Annex I of the Directive.
Commission Regulation 451/2000 defined the active substances covered by the second and
third stage of the review programme.  It provided for these active substances that industryG/TBT/N/EEC/16
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should notify its commitment to provide the necessary dossier to enable for an evaluation of
their safety.  It also provided that failing such notification the active substances should be
not included into the positive list.
For the active substances for which no notification was received it is therefore now
proposed not to include them in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC
Any period of grace for disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of
plant protection products containing these active substances allowed by Member State, in
accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC should expire not later
than 31 December 2003.
For a reduced number of these active substances, the Commission would allow a further
four years of authorization and use for a limited number of Member States and for arestricted number of crops.
8. Relevant documents:   Doc. SANCO/1617/2002 rev 4
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }15 October 2002
MS have to withdraw all existing
authorizations for plant protection products
containing active substances listed in Annex I
to the draft Regulation by 25 July 2003.  Any
period of grace for existing stocks should be
limited to 31 December 2003.
For a limited number of 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 atthe latest.
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
European Commission,
EC-TBT Enquiry Point,
Fax:  0032 2 299 57 25
e-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int