. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/236 
15 December 2008  
 (08-6134) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email 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) 2299 8043 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):  Triflumuron (pesticide 
active substance). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Decision concerning the non-inclusion of trif lumuron in Annex I to Council Directive 
91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant prot ection products containing that 
substance (5 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  The draft provides that triflumur on is not included in the positive 
Community list and that Member States have to withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing that  substance. This draft Decision only concerns the placing on the 
market of this substance and does not affect  the Community or national Maximum Residue 
Levels (MRLs) for residues of the concerned pesticide.  
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 authoris ation and placing on the market of plant 
protection products in order to prot ect human health and the environment.  
Article 8(2) of this Directive provides a program me 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/236 
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  Triflumuron is a substance covered by th e third stage of this work programme. 
In particular, based on the avai lable information, it has not been demonstrated that the 
consumer exposure is acceptable due to lack of data in terms of nature and level of the relevant residues. In fact, it was not possible  to perform an acute risk assessment for the 
metabolite M07, because the data were not sufficient to allocate an acute reference dose for 
this metabolite. Moreover, data  were missing to determine an  appropriate residue definition 
and to estimate the level of residues in proces sed fruit commodities. In addition, a high risk to 
aquatic organisms has been iden tified. Consequently, it was not possible to conclude on the 
basis of the information available that triflumur on 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 existing stocks of 
plant protection products containing triflumuro n allowed by Member States, in accordance 
with the provisions of Article 4( 6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, is limited to a period not longer 
than 12 months, i.e. 18 months from the date of adoption of this draft Decision. 
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing 
of plant protection products on the market, OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1991L0414:20070201:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    15 March 2009 
Member States have to withdraw all existing 
authorizations for pl ant protection products 
containing triflumuron 6 months after the date of adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, 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 Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/
 
And at: http://members.wto.org/crnat tachments/2008/tbt/eec/08_3916_00_e.pdf