. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/140 
15 January 2007 
 (07-0166) 
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) 22998043 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):   A list of pesticide active 
substances. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision Concerning the Non-Inclusion of certa in active substances in Annex I to Council 
Directive 91/414/EEC and the Withdrawal of Authorisations for Plant Protection Products 
Containing these Substances (16 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   Provides that various active substances are not included in the 
positive Community list and that Member States ha ve 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 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/140 
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  In the framework of the fourth stage of this  work programme, for va rious active substances 
no producer submitted a notification pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 
2229/2004.   With respect to certain other active substances, all notifiers withdrew their participation in 
the programme of work or did not submit a complete dossier in due time. 
A period of grace for disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of 
plant protection products containing such substan ces should be allowed by  a Member State, in 
accordance with the provisions of  Article 4(6) of Directive 91/ 414/EEC. Such period is limited 
to a period not longer than 12 months, i.e. 18 mont hs from the date of adoption of this decision. 
However, in some Member States where the substances were previously authorised and 
alternatives were not available, a longer phasing out has been set for essential uses. 
8. Relevant documents:   Doc. SANCO/10350/2006 rev 8 
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 those active substances 6 months after date of adoption, with exception of essential uses authorisations (deadline for 
withdrawal is 30 June 2010). 
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