2001/245/EC: Commission Decision of 22 March 2001 concerning the non-inclusion of zineb in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 749)
Date: 2001-03-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: market approval, pesticide, plant health control, withdrawal from the market

28.3.2001

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 March 2001

concerning the non-inclusion of zineb in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the
withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance

(notified under document number C(2001) 749)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/245/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/
80/EC (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article
8(2) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of
11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the
implementation of the first stage of the programme of work
referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC
concerning the placing of plant protection products on the
market (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
2266/2000 (4), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of
Article 6(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provided for the
Commission to carry out a programme of work for the
examination of
the active substances used in plant
protection products which were already on the market
on 15 July 1993. Detailed rules for the carrying out of
this programme were established in Regulation (EEC) No
3600/92.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94 (5) as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/95 (6) designated
the active substances which should be assessed in the
framework of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92, designated
a Member State to act as rapporteur in respect of the
assessment of each substance and identified the produ-
cers of each active substance who submitted a noti-
fication in due time in accordance with Article 4(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92.

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 309, 9.12.2000, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 366, 15.12.1992, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 259, 13.10.2000, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 107, 28.4.1994, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 225, 22.9.1995, p. 1.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Zineb is one of the 90 active substances designated in
Regulation (EC) No 933/94.

All notifiers for this active substance informed the
Commission and the rapporteur Member State that they
no longer wished to participate in the programme of
work for this active substance, and therefore further
information will not be submitted.

Therefore it
substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.

is not possible to include this active

Any period of grace for disposal, storage, placing on the
market and use of existing stocks of plant protection
products containing zineb allowed by Member State, in
accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of
Directive 91/414/EEC should be limited to a period no
longer than 18 months to allow existing stocks to be
used in no more than one further growing season.

This Decision does not prejudice any action the
Commission may undertake at a later stage for this
active substance within the framework of Council
Directive 79/117/EEC (7).

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

Zineb is not
Directive 91/414/EEC.

included as active substance in Annex I

to

Article 2

Member States shall ensure that:

1. authorisations for plant protection products containing
zineb are withdrawn within a period of six months from the
date of adoption of the present Decision;

(7) OJ L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 36.

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2. from the date of adoption of

the present Decision no
authorisations for plant protection products containing
zineb are granted or renewed under the derogation provided
for in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 March 2001.

Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance
with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC,
shall be as short as possible and not longer than 18 months
from the date of adoption of the present Decision.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission