2003/105/EC: Commission Decision of 17 February 2003 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of spiromesifen and metrafenone in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 530)
Date: 2003-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing standard, pharmaceutical product, plant health product

18.2.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 February 2003

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in
view of the possible inclusion of spiromesifen and metrafenone in Annex I to Council Directive
91/414/EEC

(notified under document number C(2003) 530)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/105/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 on the
market (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2002/81/
EC (2), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

that

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

(5)

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

by Bayer AG, Germany

A dossier for the active substance spiromesifen was
submitted
(now Bayer
CropScience), to the authorities of the United Kingdom
on 18 April 2002 with an application to obtain its inclu-
sion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. For metrafe-
none a dossier was submitted by BASF AG, Belgium, to
the authorities of the United Kingdom on 4 June 2002.

II

The authorities of the United Kingdom have indicated to
the Commission that, on preliminary examination, the
dossiers for the active substances concerned appear to
satisfy the data and information requirements set out in
Annex
to Directive 91/414/EEC. The dossiers
submitted appear also to 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 concerned. In accordance
with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, the dossiers
were subsequently forwarded by the respective appli-
cants to the Commission and other Member States, and
were referred to the Standing Committee for the Food
Chain and Animal Health.

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 276, 12.10.2002, p. 28.

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 to 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 18 February
2003.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONCERNED BY THIS DECISION

No

1

2

Common name, CIPAC
identification number

Spiromesifen
CIPAC No 747

Metrafenone
CIPAC No 752

Notifier

Date of application

Rapporteur Member State

Bayer
Germany

CropScience,

18 April 2002

United Kingdom

BASF AG, Belgium

4 June 2002

United Kingdom