# L_2008149EN.01007901.xml

| 7.6.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 149/79 |
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7.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 149/79

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 May 2008

setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document number C(2008) 1736)

(2008/423/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 of 4 December 2007 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 (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 establishes a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2). |
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(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 establishes a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

| (2) | For a number of substances/product type combinations included in that list, either all participants have withdrawn or no dossier has been received within the deadlines specified in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 by the Member State designated as Rapporteur for the evaluation. |
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(2)

For a number of substances/product type combinations included in that list, either all participants have withdrawn or no dossier has been received within the deadlines specified in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 by the Member State designated as Rapporteur for the evaluation.

| (3) | Consequently, and pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the Commission informed the Member States thereof. That information was also made public by electronic means on 22 June 2007. |
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(3)

Consequently, and pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the Commission informed the Member States thereof. That information was also made public by electronic means on 22 June 2007.

| (4) | Within three months of the electronic publication of that information, persons indicated an interest in taking over the role of participant for some of the substances and product-types concerned, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007. |
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(4)

Within three months of the electronic publication of that information, persons indicated an interest in taking over the role of participant for some of the substances and product-types concerned, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007.

| (5) | A new deadline should therefore be established for the submission of dossiers for these substances and product-types. |
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(5)

A new deadline should therefore be established for the submission of dossiers for these substances and product-types.

| (6) | The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products, |
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(6)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the substances and the product-types set out in the Annex, the new deadline for the submission of dossiers shall be 30 June 2009.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2008.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS

Member of the Commission

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(1)  
  OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 3.

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(2)  
  OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2008/31/EC (OJ L 81, 20.3.2008, p. 57).

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ANNEX

Substances and product-types for which the new deadline for the submission of dossiers is 30 June 2009

| Name | EC number | CAS number | Product-type |
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| Formaldehyde | 200-001-8 | 50-00-0 | 1 |
| Formaldehyde | 200-001-8 | 50-00-0 | 2 |
| Formaldehyde | 200-001-8 | 50-00-0 | 3 |
| Formaldehyde | 200-001-8 | 50-00-0 | 4 |
| Formaldehyde | 200-001-8 | 50-00-0 | 5 |
| Formaldehyde | 200-001-8 | 50-00-0 | 6 |
| Mixture of cis- and trans-p-menthane-3,8 diol/Citriodiol | 255-953-7 | 42822-86-6 | 19 |
| Silicium dioxide/Kieselguhr | Plant protection product | 61790-53-2 | 18 |

Name

EC number

CAS number

Product-type

Formaldehyde

200-001-8

50-00-0

1

Formaldehyde

200-001-8

50-00-0

2

Formaldehyde

200-001-8

50-00-0

3

Formaldehyde

200-001-8

50-00-0

4

Formaldehyde

200-001-8

50-00-0

5

Formaldehyde

200-001-8

50-00-0

6

Mixture of cis- and trans-p-menthane-3,8 diol/Citriodiol

255-953-7

42822-86-6

19

Silicium dioxide/Kieselguhr

Plant protection product

61790-53-2

18

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