2000/463/EC: Commission Decision of 17 July 2000 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination with a view to the possible inclusion of MKH 65 61 (propoxycarbazone-sodium) 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) 2006)
Date: 2000-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, plant health product

22.7.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 183/21

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 July 2000

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination with a
view to the possible inclusion of MKH 65 61 (propoxycarbazone-sodium) 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) 2006)

(2000/463/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 2000/
10/EC (2), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

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.

Bayer AG submitted a dossier on the active substance
MKH 65 61 (propoxycarbazone-sodium) to the German
authorities on 25 January 2000.

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
to the Directive. Subsequently,
in accordance with
Article 6(2), the applicant submitted the dossier to the
Commission and other Member States.

for at

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 decision does not prejudice that further data or
information may be requested from the applicant in
order to clarify certain points in the dossier. The request
by the rapporteur Member State for the submission of
further data necessary to clarify the dossier shall not
affect the time limit for the submission of the report
referred to in recital 9.

The Member States and the Commission agree that
Germany will carry out a detailed examination of the
dossier on MKH 65 61 (propoxycarbazone-sodium).

Germany will report the conclusions of their examina-
tions accompanied by any recommendations on the
inclusion or non-inclusion and any conditions relating
thereto as soon as possible and at the latest within a
period of one year from the date of publication of this
decision.

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

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

The dossier on MKH 65 61 (propoxycarbazone-sodium)
was referred to the Standing Committee on Plant Health
on 10 March 2000.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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
products containing the active substance concerned
while complying with the conditions laid down in

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 57, 2.3.2000, p. 28.

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 Bayer AG to the Commission and
the Member States with a view to the inclusion of MKH 65
61 (propoxycarbazone-sodium) as an active substance in
Annex I
to Directive 91/414/EEC and referred to the
Standing Committee on Plant Health on 10 March 2000.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission