. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/93 
24 October 2005 
 (05-4903) 
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 
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):   Methabenzthiazuron 
(pesticide active substances) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision concerning the non-inclusion of Me thabenzthiazuron in Annex I to Council 
Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of au thorisations for plant protection products 
containing this active substance (5 pages,  available in all Community languages). 
6. Description of content:   Provides that Methabenzthiazuron is not included in the positive 
Community list and that Member States have to  withdraw authorisations for plant protection 
products containing this substance. 
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 pr ogramme to be carried out over a period of 
12 years for the gradual examination of the ac tive substances contained in the pesticides, 
which are on the market for the inclus ion in Annex I of the Directive. 
 Methabenzthiazuron is one of the active substan ces covered by the third stage of this work 
programme. G/TBT/N/EEC/93 
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 For this substance no complete dossier has been  submitted within the prescribed time limit.  
However, the Commission decision will allow a fu rther 4 years of authorisation and use for a 
limited number of Member States and for a restricted number of crops. 
8. Relevant documents:   Doc. SANCO/10135/2005 rev 2 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    1 January 2006   
MS have to withdraw all existing 
authorisations for plant protection products Methabenzthiazuron 6 months after date of 
adoption.  For this active substance the 
authorisations for specified crops in specified Member States have to be withdrawn only by 30 June 2009, with a period of grace for existing stocks expiring on 31 December 2009 at the latest. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of 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 5725 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int