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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/281 
3 January 2006 
 (06-0007) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities. Directorate-General 
Environment, Directorate B – Biotechnology and Pesticides.  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Biocidal products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the European Communiti es (EC) and third countries exporting the 
products concerned to the EC.  
5. Title, language and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Directive amending Annexes IVA and IVB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market. 
(SCB/05/02-Doc.2-Rev1; 15 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This proposal sets the minimum data requirement for the 
registration files (dossier) of biocidal products containing chemical active substances and 
biocidal products containing micro-organism(s), viruses and fungi as active substances. 
This proposal has also been notified under the TBT Agreement.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Directive 98/8/EC 
of the European Parliament and the Council on the placing of biocidal products on the 
market (OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, page 1) . Available in all EU languages. 
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriSe rv/site/en/consleg/1998 /L/01998L0008-20031120-
en.pdf  G/SPS/N/EEC/281 
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"Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2032/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the second phase of 
the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the 
European Parliament and of th e Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on 
the market, and amending Regulation (EC) No . 1896/2000"  (Official Journal of the EU, 
L307, 24 November 2003,  pages 1-96)   notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/213 (dated 4 September 
2003)  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/ archive/2003/l_30720031124en.html
  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1048/2005 of 13 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) 
No 2032/2003 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 
16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the 
placing of biocidal products on the market.  (Official Journal of the European Union L178, 9 
July 2005 pages 01-98) Notified in n G/SPS/N/EEC/ 256 (dated 16 February 2005)  
http://europa.eu.int/eur-
lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/20 05/l_178/l_17820050709en00010098.pdf   
See more in: 
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/biocides/index.htm  and 
http://ecb.jrc.it/biocides . 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   April 2006  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  May 2006 
12. Final date for comments:  10 March 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: