2001/520/EC: Commission Decision 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 products containing this active substance (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1772)
Date: 2001-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dangerous substance, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, withdrawal from the market

10.7.2001

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

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 products containing this active substance

(notified under document number C(2001) 1772)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/520/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 2001/
36/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 Regulation (EC) No 1972/
1999 (4), and in particular Article 7(3A)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

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.

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 164, 20.6.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 366, 15.12.1992, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 244, 16.9.1999, p. 41.

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

In accordance with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3600/92,
Italy, being the designated rapporteur
Member State, submitted on 30 November 1998 to the
Commission the report of its assessment of the informa-
tion submitted by the notifiers in accordance with the
provisions of Article 6(1) of this Regulation.

On receipt of the report of the rapporteur Member State,
the Commission undertook consultations with experts
of the Member States as well as with the main notifier
(Cheminova) as provided for in Article 7(3) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3600/92.

The assessment
report prepared by Italy has been
reviewed by the Member States and the Commission
within the Standing Committee on Plant Health. This
review was finalised on 12 December 2000 in the
format of the Commission review report for parathion,
in accordance with Article 7(6) of Regulation (EEC) No
3600/92.

(5) OJ L 107, 28.4.1994, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 225, 22.9.1995, p. 1.

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(7)

(8)

the information
Assessments made on the basis of
submitted have not demonstrated that
it may be
expected that, under the proposed conditions of use,
plant protection products containing parathion satisfy in
general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and
(b) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular with regard to
the safety of operators potentially exposed to parathion
and with regard to the fate and behaviour of
the
substance in the environment and its possible impact on
non-target organisms.

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

(9)

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

is not possible to include this active

(10) Any period of grace for disposal, storage, placing on the
market and use of existing stocks of plant protection
products containing parathion allowed by Member
States, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6)
of Directive 91/414/EEC should be limited to a period
no longer than 12 months to allow existing stocks to be
used in no more than one further growing season.

(11)

(12)

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 (1).

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

Parathion is not included as active substance in Annex I to
Directive 91/414/EEC.

Member States shall ensure that:

Article 2

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

2. from the date of adoption of

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

Article 3

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 this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 9 July 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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