. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/108 
9 May 2006 
 (06-2229) 
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 80 43, E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int 
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):   Plant protection products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision concerning the non-inclusion of amm onium sulphamate, he xaconazole, sodium 
tetrathiocarbonate, 8-hydroxyquinoline in Anne x I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the 
withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these active 
substances (5 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:   Provides that ammonium sul phamate, hexaconazole, sodium 
tetrathiocarbonate, and 8-hydroxyquinoline are not included in the positive Community list 
and 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 
products 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 Dir ective.Ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, 
sodium tetrathiocarbonate, 8-hydroxyquinoline are substances covered by the third stage of G/TBT/N/EEC/108 
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  this work programme. For these substances a complete dossier has not been submitted 
within the legal deadline. However, in so me Member States where the substances were 
previously authorised and alternatives were not  available, a longer phasing out has been set 
for essential uses in a limited number of crops. 
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Commission Decision concerning the non-inclusion of 
ammonium sulphamate, hexac onazole, sodium tetrathiocar bonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline 
in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant 
protection products containing these active substances 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Adoption and publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU:  July 2006; 
Entry into force: third day following the 
publication in the Official Journal of the EU; 
Transposition by EU member States:  within 
six months after publication. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from circulation 
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, E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int