. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/150 
25 April 2007 
 (07-1720) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 :  (+32) 2 299 8043  E-mail :   ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
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):   Guazatine triacetate 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision concerning the non-inclusion of guazatine triacetate in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council  concerning the placing of 
biocidal products on the market (2 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   The draft Commission Decision provides for the withdrawal from 
the EU market of biocidal products (w ood protection products) containing the active 
substance guazatine triacetate, within 12 mont hs from entry into force of the proposed 
measure. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Guazatine triacetate has been ex amined in the framework of the 10-year review programme 
for active substances used in biocidal products  (established by Article 16(2) of Directive 
98/8/EC on the placing of biocidal products on the market).  As the company defending the 
said chemical did not provide all the inform ation requested by the Rapporteur Member 
State, the latter took into consideration a r ealistic worst case scenario with regard to the 
missing data.  It arrived at the conclusion th at this substance cannot be included in the 
Community positive list of active substances used in biocidal products, in particular given 
the unacceptable risks for the environment. G/TBT/N/EEC/150 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on 
the placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ L 123, 24.04.1998, page 1).  Available in all EU languages. 
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1896/2000 on th e first phase of the programme referred 
to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC on bi ocidal products (OJ L 228, 8.9.2000, page 6) 
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2032/2003 on the second phase of the 10-year work 
programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Di rective 98/8/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Council concerning the placing of bi ocidal products on the market, and amending 
Regulation (EC) No 1896/2000. 
All legislative texts and further information can be found on the Commission's websites at: 
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/biocides/index.htm 
and http://ecb.jrc.it/biocides   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of June 2007 
The date of publication in the Official Journal of the EU. 
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 : +(32) 2 299 8043  E-mail : ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu