. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/144 
15 January 2007 
 (07-0168) 
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 5725 Email: 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):   Monocarbamide-
dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin (pesticide active substances) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Commission Decision 
Concerning the Non-Inclusion of monocarbami de-dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin in 
Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the Withdrawal of Authorisations for Plant 
Protection Products Containing that Substance (5 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   Provides that monocarbamide-dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin  
are not included in the positive Community list an d that Member States have to withdraw 
authorisations for plant protection products containing these substances. This 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 nature 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. 
Monocarbamide-dihydrogensulph and dimethipin are substances covered by the third stage 
of this work programme. G/TBT/N/EEC/144 
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  The notifiers for monocarbamide dihydrogen sulphate and dimethipin informed the 
Commission on 29 May 2006 and 6 July 2006 respectively, that they no longer wished to participate in the programme of work for these active substances, and therefore further 
information would have not been submitted. As a consequence, th ese 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 Monocarb amide-dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin 
allowed by a Member State, in accordance with  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 decision. 
8. Relevant documents:   Doc. SANCO/10417/2006 rev 2 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    March 2007 
MS have to withdraw all existing 
authorizations for plant protection products 
containing monocarbamide-dihydrogensulph and dimethipin 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) 2 299 80 43 
Email:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu