EN Official Journal of the European Union L 97/42

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/21/EC

of 10 April 2007

amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the expiry dates for inclusion in Annex I of the active substances azoxystrobin, imazalil, kresoxim-methyl, spiroxamin, azimsulfuron, prohexadion-calcium and fluroxypyr

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By Commission Directive 98/47/EC (2) azoxystrobin was included until 1 July 2008, by Commission Directive 97/73/EC (3) imazalil was included until 31 December 2008, by Commission Directive 1999/1/EC (4) kresoxim-methyl was included until 31 January 2009, by Commission Directive 1999/73/EC (5) spiroxamin was included until 1 September 2009, by Commission Directive 1999/80/EC (6) azimsulfuron was included until 1 October 2009, by Commission Directive 2000/50/EC (7) prohexadion-calcium was included until 20 October 2010 and by Commission Directive 2000/10/EC (8) fluroxypyr was included until 30 November 2010 as active substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.

(2) On request the inclusion of an active substance can be renewed provided an application is made at the latest two years before the entry is due to lapse. The Commission has received requests regarding renewals of inclusions for all the substances above referred to.

(3) The Commission will have to lay down detailed rules concerning the submission and evaluation of further information necessary for the renewal of Annex I inclusion. Therefore it is justified to renew the inclusion of above mention active substances in Annex I for a period necessary to enable the notifiers to prepare their applications and to enable the Commission to organise their evaluation and to take a decision.

(4) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 91/414/EEC accordingly.

(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States shall adopt and publish by 12 December 2007 at the latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 13 December 2007.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 April 2007. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/6/EC (OJ L 43, 15.2.2007, p. 13).

(2) OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 50.

(3) OJ L 353, 24.12.1997, p. 26.

(4) OJ L 21, 28.1.1999, p. 21.

(5) OJ L 206, 5.8.1999, p. 16. Corrected by OJ L 221, 21.8.1999, p. 19.

(6) OJ L 210, 10.8.1999, p. 13.

(7) OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 39.

(8) OJ L 57, 2.3.2000, p. 28.