COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2005/25/EC
of 14 March 2005
amending Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC as regards plant protection products containing micro-organisms
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular Article 18(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, Member States have to ensure that plant protection products are not authorised unless they comply with the requirements provided for in that Directive.
(2)
Directive 91/414/EEC provides for the establishment of Uniform Principles pursuant to which the Member States have to carry out the evaluation of plant protection products with a view to their authorisation.
(3)
Uniform Principles have been laid down for Member States to use in the evaluation and authorisation of chemical plant protection products only. However, there are no equivalent principles for Member States to apply in the evaluation and authorisation of plant protection products containing micro-organisms. It is appropriate to lay down additional Uniform Principles for this type of plant protection product.
(4)
Requirements for the dossiers to be submitted by applicants for the authorisation of plant protection products containing micro-organisms having been included in Directive 91/414/EEC by Commission Directive 2001/36/EEC (2), it is now necessary to lay down Uniform Principles for the evaluation of a dossier concerning plant protection products containing micro-organisms based on such data requirements.
(5)
The provisions of this Directive concerning the protection of water, including the provisions related to monitoring, are without prejudice to Member States' obligations under the Directives concerned, and in particular Council Directives 75/440/EEC of 16 June 1975 concerning the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States (3), 80/68/EEC of 17 December 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances (4), 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (5) and Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (6).
(6)
The provisions of this Directive concerning genetically modified organisms are without prejudice to Member States' obligations under Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (7).
(7)
The Scientific Committee on Plants has provided an opinion on this Directive, and this opinion has been taken into account.
(8)
Directive 91/414/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 28 May 2006. They shall immediately forward to the Commission the text of those measures together with a correlation table between such measures and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 March 2005.