. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/187 
12 March 2008 
 (08-1095) 
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) 2299 8043 E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
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):   Azocyclotin, cyhexatin 
and thidiazuron (pesticide active substances). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision concerning the non-inclusion of azocycl otin, cyhexatin and thidiazuron in Annex I 
to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdraw al of authorisations for plant protection 
products containing those active subs tances (4 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   Provides that azocyclotin, cyhexatin and thidiazuron are not 
included in the positive Community list and that Member States have to withdraw 
authorisations for plant protection products  containing these substances. This draft 
Commission decision only concerns the placing on the market of these substances and does 
not affect the Community or national Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for residues of the 
concerned pesticides. 
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 harmonised framework for the authorisation 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 progr amme to be carried out over a period of 12 
years for the gradual examination of the active substances contained in the plant protection 
products on the market. Substances for which the outcome of the evaluation is favourable 
are then included in Annex I of the Directive. G/TBT/N/EEC/187 
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  Azocyclotin, cyhexatin and thidiazuron are subs tances covered by the third stage of this 
work programme. 
The sole notifiers for azocyclotin, cyhexatin and thidiazuron informed the Commission on 
25 January 2007, 24 January 2007 and 7 February 2007 respectively, that they no longer wished to participate in the programme of work for these active substances, and therefore 
further information will not be submitted. As  a consequence, these active substances should 
not be included in the Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC.  
A period of grace for disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of 
plant protection products containing azocyclotin, cyhexatin and thidiazuron allowed by Member State, in accordance wi th the provisions of Article 4( 6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, is 
limited to a period not longer than 12 months, i. e. 18 months from the date of adoption of this 
draft Commission decision. 
8. Relevant documents:    
Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection 
products on the market, Official Journal L 230, 19/08/1991 P. 0001–0032  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31991L0414:EN:HTML
 
Corrigendum to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of 
plant products on the market (OJ No L 230 of 19. 8. 1991), Official Journal L 170, 
25/06/1992 P. 0040 – 0040  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=CELEX:31991L0414R(01):EN:HTML  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    15 May 2008 
Member States have to withdraw all existing 
authorizations for plant protection products 
containing azocyclotin, cyhexatin and 
thidiazuron 6 months after date of adoption. 
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) 2299 8043 E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
The text is available on the EC-TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/tbt/eec/08_0708_00_e.pdf