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of19November2001
on adopting Community import decisions pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92
concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals and amending Decision 2000/
657/EC
(notified under document number C(2001) 3376)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2001/852/EC)
(OJ L 318, 4.12.2001, p. 28)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2003/508/EC of 7 July 2003 L 174 10 12.7.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of19November2001
on adopting Community import decisions pursuant to Council
Regulation (EEC)No2455/92 concerning theexportandimport of
certain dangerouschemicals andamendingDecision2000/657/EC
(notified under document number C(2001) 3376)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2001/852/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 of 23 July
1992 concerning the export and import of certain dangerouschemi-cals(
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/
98 (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 provides that the Commission is
to decide for each chemical subject to the Prior InformedConsent (PIC) procedure whether or not the Communityconsents, possibly subject to specified conditions, to its import.
(2)The United NationsEnvironment Programme (UNEP) and theFood and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have been appointedto provide secretariat services for the operation of the interimPIC procedure established by the Final Act of the Conferenceof Plenipotentiarieson the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior
Informed Consent (PIC) procedure for certain hazardous chemi-
cals and pesticides in international trade, signed on 10September 1998, in particular the Resolution on interim arrange-mentsthereof.
(3)Two additional chemicals(ethylene dichloride and ethyleneoxide) have been added to the interim PIC procedure, aspes ti-cides, for which the Commission has received information fromthe interim Secretariat in the form of Decision Guidance Docu-ments.
(4)The Commission, acting as common designated authority, isrequired to forward decisions on chemicals to the Secretariat ofthe interim PIC procedure, on behalf of the Community and itsMember States.
(5)The interim Secretariat hasreques ted that the participantsin thePIC procedure use the specific Form for Importing CountryResponse to report on their import decisions.
(6)The Commission is required, whenever practicable, to make useof existing Community procedures and to ensure that theresponses do not conflict with existing Community legislation.However it also needs, where appropriate, to take into considera-
tion Member States' bans or severe restrictions pending a
Community decision.
(7)The substances ethylene dichloride and ethylene oxide arebanned or severely restricted at Community level, in particular
by Council Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 prohi-
biting the placing on the market and use of plant protectionproducts containing certain active substances (
3), aslas t amended
by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.Accordingly, a final decision on import should be taken for thesesubstances.2001D0852 — EN — 07.07.2003 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 251, 29.8.1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 282, 20.10.1998, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 36.
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(8)The substances lindane and parathion (ethyl parathion) are
subject to Community legislation, and in particular to Council
Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placingof plant protection productson the market (
1), aslas t amended
by Commission Directive 2001/49/EC (2), and to Directive 98/8/
EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal productson
the market (
3), both providing for a transitional period during
which the Member Statesare allowed to take national decis ionson substances and products falling within their scopes, pending aCommunity decision.
(9)By Commission Decisions 2000/801/EC of 20 December 2000concerning the non-inclusion of lindane in Annex I to CouncilDirective 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations forplant protection products containing this active substance (
4) and
2001/520/EC of 9 July 2001 concerning the non-inclusion of
parathion in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the
withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection productscontaining this active substance (
5), these substances have now
been excluded from Annex I to Directive 91/414/EC and author-isations for plant protection products containing these substanceshave thusbeen withdrawn. However, they are als o included in
the Community programme for evaluation of existing substances
under Directive 98/8/EC and the approximate time before a finaldecision can be reached is 2008, when evaluation for biocidaluse will be completed.
(10)The import decisions for the pesticide formulations lindane andparathion (ethyl parathion) in Commission Decision 2000/657/EC (
6), which were submitted as interim decisions pending a
Community decision, should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordancewith the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 29 ofCouncil Directive 67/548/EEC (
7),
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The final decisions on the import of the chemical substances ethylene
dichloride and ethylene oxide ass et out on the Importing CountryResponse Forms in Annex I are adopted.
Article 2
The Annex to Decision 2000/657/EC is amended in accordance with
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(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 176, 29.6.2001, p. 61.
(3) OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 324, 21.12.2000, p. 42.
(5) OJ L 187, 10.7.2001, p. 47.
(6) OJ L 257, 27.10.2000, p. 44.
(7) OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1.
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ANNEX I
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ANNEX II
Revisedinterimimportdecisionsforthechemicalsubstanceslindaneandparathion(ethylpara-
thion)replacingthepreviousinterimimportdecisionssetoutinCommissionDecision2000/657/
EEC
In the Annex to Decision 2000/657/EC, the interim decisions on the import of the chemical substances
lindane and parathion (ethyl parathion) are replaced by the revised interim decisions set out on the
following Importing Country Response Forms.2001D0852 — EN — 07.07.2003 — 001.001 — 15
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