. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/269 
1 May 2009  
 (09-2136) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or auth ority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 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):  Paraffin oil CAS 64742-
54-7 (plant protection produc ts active substance).    
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Decision concerning the non-inclusion of paraff in oil CAS 64742-54-7 in Annex I to Council 
Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of au thorisations for plant protection products 
containing that substance (5 pages,  in English).  
6. Description of content:  This draft Decision provides that paraffin oil CAS 64742-54-7 is not 
included in the positive Community list and that Member States have to withdraw 
authorisations for plant protec tion products containing that substance within 6 months from 
the date of adoption. This decision only concerns the placing on the market of the substance and does not affect the Community or natio nal Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for 
residues of the concerned pesticides.  G/TBT/N/EEC/269 
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  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 authoris ation and placing on the market of plant 
protection products in order to prot ect human health and the environment.  
Article 8(2) of this Directive provides a program me 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. 
Paraffin oil CAS 64742-54-7 is covered by th e fourth stage of this work programme. 
The substance complies with the criteria of harmful substances laid down in Annex VII of 
Regulation 1095/2007, and is therefore subject to  a decision of non inclusion. A period of 
grace for disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of plant 
protection products containing th is substance allowed by Member States, in accordance with 
the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall cons equently expire at the latest 
18 months from the date of adoption. 
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing 
of plant protection products on the market, OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1991L0414:20070201:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 July 2009   
Applicable within 6 months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text 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 80 43 E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu 
The text is available on the EC-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/
 
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