. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/223 
21 October 2008 
 (08-5087) 
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 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):   Flurprimidol (pesticide 
active substance) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision concerning the non-inclusion of flurprimidol in Annex I to Council Directive 
91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisati ons for plant protection products containing 
that substance (5 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   The draft provides that flurprimidol 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 Commission 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 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/223 
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  Flurprimidol is a substance covered by the third stage of this work programme. 
 During the evaluation of this active substance, a number of concerns have been identified. In particular, based on the available information, the operator and worker exposure exceed the 
AOEL (acceptable operator exposure level) in all evaluated scenarios and conditions of use. 
Moreover, no data was available on the impurity  profile of batches used in toxicological 
studies. Consequently, it was not possible to conclude on the basis of the information available that flurprimidol met the criteri a 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 flurprimidol  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:1991L0 414:20070201:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of December 2008 
20 days from date of  publication 
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 8043 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/crnattachments/2008/tbt/eec/08_3298_00_e.pdf