. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/233 
18 November 2008  
 (08-5600) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and web-site 
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):  2-Naphtyloxyacetic acid 
(plant protection products active substance)        
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Decision concerning the non-inclusion of 2-Naphtyloxyacetic acid in Annex I to Council 
Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection 
products containing that substance (3 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Decision provides that the substance is 
not included in the positive Community list and that Member States have to withdraw authorisations for plant protection 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 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 programme 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/233 
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  2-Naphtyloxyacetic acid is covered by the 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 this substances allowed by Member States, in 
accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall 
consequently 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:PD
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9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      30 January 2009 
  20 days after its publication 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, 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/ 
  
And at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/tbt/eec/08_3592_00_e.pdf