. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/159 
18 June 2007 
 (07-2568) 
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@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):   1,3-Dichloropropene 
(pesticide active substances) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
decision concerning the non-inclusion of 1,3-Dichloropropene in Annex I to Council 
Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of au thorisations for plant protection products 
containing that substance (5 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   Provides that 1,3-dichloropropene is not included in the positive 
Community list and that Member States have to  withdraw authorisations for plant protection 
products containing this substance. This deci sion only concerns the placing on the market of 
this substance and does not affect the Comm unity 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/159 
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  1,3-Dichloropropene is a substance covered by the second stage of this work programme. 
During the evaluation of this active substance,  a number of areas of concern have been 
identified. This was in particular the case concerning the release in the environment of large amounts of known and unknown po lychlorinated impurities, for which no information on 
persistency, toxicological be haviour, uptake by crops, accumulation, metabolic fate and 
residue level are available. As a result of that, the consumer exposure has not been 
demonstrated to be acceptable an d there is a possible risk of ground water contamination, for 
birds, mammals, aquatic organisms and other no n target organisms. Consequently, it was not 
possible to conclude on the basis of the inform ation available that 1,3-dichloropropene met 
the criteria for inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. A period of grace for disposal, 
storage, placing on the market and use of ex isting stocks of plant protection products 
containing 1,3-dichloropropene allowed by Member States, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/4 14/EEC, is limited to a period not longer than 12 months, i.e. 
18 months from the date of adoption of this  decision. Article 3 of the Draft Commission 
decision also provides for the po ssibility of extending the period of grace for a further period 
not exceeding 18 months in light of any furthe r information that could become available on 
substances that deplete the ozone layer. This re view shall consider the possible influence of 
the withdrawal of existing authorisations of plant protection products containing 1,3-
dichloropropene on the critical uses for methyl  bromide foreseen by the Montreal Protocol. 
8. Relevant documents:   Doc. SANCO/03129/2006 rev. 4 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 August 2007 
Member States have to withdraw all existing authorizations for plant protection products containing 1,3-dichloropropene 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 
E-mail: ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu 
The text is available on the EC-TBT We bsite:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/