2002/593/EC: Commission Decision of 19 July 2002 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of Spirodiclofen and Dimoxystrobin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant-protection products on the market (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2693)
Date: 2002-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: exchange of information, marketing, marketing standard, pharmaceutical product, plant health product

L 192/60

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.7.2002

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 July 2002

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in
view of the possible inclusion of Spirodiclofen and Dimoxystrobin in Annex I to Council Directive
91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant-protection products on the market

(notified under document number C(2002) 2693)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/593/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 2002/
18/EC (2), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 91/414/EEC provides for the development of a
Community list of active substances authorised for incor-
poration in plant protection products.

A dossier for the active substance Spirodiclofen was
submitted by Bayer AG, Germany, to the Dutch authori-
ties on 23 August 2001 with an application to obtain its
inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. A dossier
and an application concerning the active substance
Dimoxystrobin were
by BASF, United
submitted
Kingdom, to the authorities of the United Kingdom on
28 November 2001.

The Dutch authorities and the authorities of the United
Kingdom have indicated to the Commission that, on
the dossiers for the active
preliminary examination,
substances concerned appear to satisfy the data and
information requirements of Annex II to Directive 91/
414/EC. The dossiers submitted appear also to satisfy the
data and information requirements of Annex III to Direc-
tive 91/414/EEC in respect of one plant-protection
product containing the active substance concerned. In
accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EC, the
dossiers were subsequently forwarded by the respective
applicants to the Commission and other Member States,
and were referred to the Standing Committee on the
Food Chain and Animal Health.

(4)

By this Decision it should be formally confirmed at
the dossiers are considered as
Community level
satisfying in principle the data and information require-
ments provided for in Annex II and, for at least one

that

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 55, 26.2.2002, p. 29.

plant-protection product containing the active substance
concerned, the requirements of Annex III to Directive
91/414/EC.

the
This Decision should not prejudice the right of
Commission to request the applicant to submit further
data or information to the Member State designated as
rapporteur in respect of a given substance in order to
clarify certain points in the dossier.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The dossiers concerning the active substances identified in the
Annex to this Decision, which were submitted to the Commis-
sion and the Member States with a view to obtaining the inclu-
sion of those substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC,
satisfy in principle the data and information requirements set
out in Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC.

The dossiers also satisfy the data and information requirements
set out in Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC in respect of one
plant protection product containing the active substance, taking
into account the uses proposed.

Article 2

The rapporteur Member States shall pursue the detailed exami-
nation for the dossiers concerned and shall report the conclu-
sions of their examinations accompanied by any recommenda-
tions on the inclusion or non-inclusion of the active substance
concerned in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC and any condi-
tions related thereto to the Commission as soon as possible and
at the latest within a period of one year from the date of publi-
cation of this Decision in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 19 July 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONCERNED BY THIS DECISION

No

Common Name,
CIPAC Identification Number

Applicant

Date of application

Rapporteur
Member State

1

2

Spirodiclofen
CIPAC No 737

Dimoxystrobin
CIPAC No 739

Bayer AG, Germany

23 August 2001

NL

BASF, United Kingdom

28 November 2001

UK