2000/210/EC: Commission Decision of 25 February 2000 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination with a view to the possible inclusion of spinosad in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (notified under document number C(2000) 476) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, marketing, plant health product

L 64/24

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11.3.2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 February 2000

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination with a
view to the possible inclusion of spinosad in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning
the placing of plant protection products on the market

(notified under document number C(2000) 476)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/210/EC)

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), as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/
80/EC (2), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Directive 91/414/EEC (hereinafter referred to as ‘the
Directive’) provides for the compilation of a Community
list of active substances authorised for use in plant
protection products.

An applicant has submitted a dossier to the authorities
of several Member States with a view to obtaining the
inclusion of an active substance in Annex I
to the
Directive.

Dow AgroSciences submitted a dossier on the active
substance spinosad to the Dutch authorities on 19 July
1999.

The said authorities informed the Commission of the
results of an initial examination of the dossier to ensure
that it provides all the information laid down in Annex
II and,
least one plant protection product
containing the active substance concerned, in Annex III
in accordance with
to the Directive. Subsequently,
Article 6(2), the applicant submitted the dossier to the
Commission and other Member States.

for at

The dossier on spinosad was referred to the Standing
Committee on plant health on 17 August 1999.

Article 6(3) of the Directive requires official confirma-
tion at Community level that each dossier fulfils the
requirements on information laid down in Annex II and,
for at least one plant protection product containing the
active substance concerned, in Annex III to the Directive.

Such confirmation is necessary to permit a detailed
examination of the dossier and to allow Member States
to grant provisional authorisation for plant protection

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 10.8.1999, p. 13.

(8)

(9)

(10)

products containing the active substance concerned
while complying with the conditions laid down in
Article 8(1) of the Directive and, in particular, the condi-
tion relating to the detailed assessment of the active
substance and the plant protection product in the light
of the requirements laid down by the Directive.

Such a decision does not rule out a request for further
information from the applicant where, during the
detailed examination, it is found that such information is
required in order to reach a decision.

The Member States and the Commission agree that the
Netherlands will carry out a detailed examination of the
dossier on spinosad.

The Netherlands will send the Commission a report
setting out the findings of the examination accompanied
by any recommendations for inclusion or non-inclusion
and any conditions relating thereto as soon as possible
but within one year. Following receipt of the report, the
detailed examination will be continued by all
the
Member States in the Standing Committee on plant
health.

(11)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following dossier satisfies in principle the information
requirements laid down in Annex II and, for at least one plant
protection product containing the active substance concerned,
in Annex III to the Directive, taking account of the intended
uses:

the dossier submitted by Dow AgroSciences to the Commis-
sion and the Member States with a view to the inclusion of
spinosad as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/
414/EEC and referred to the Standing Committee on plant
health on 17 August 1999.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission