2003/305/EC: Commission Decision of 2 May 2003 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of sulphuryl fluoride, bispyribac sodium and paecilomyces lilacinus 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(2003) 1426)
Date: 2003-05-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, pharmaceutical product, plant health product

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 May 2003

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in
view of the possible inclusion of sulphuryl fluoride, bispyribac sodium and paecilomyces lilacinus
in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant-protection products
on the market

(notified under document number C(2003) 1426)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/305/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 2003/
23/EC (2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(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.

A dossier for the active substance sulphuryl fluoride was
submitted by Dow AgroSciences Ltd, to the authorities
of the United Kingdom on 29 July 2002 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/
414/EEC. For the active substance bispyribac sodium a
dossier was submitted by Bayer CropScience to the
authorities of Italy on 26 February 2002 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/
414/EEC. For
lilacinus strain 251 a
dossier was submitted by Prophyta Biologischer Pflan-
zenschutz GmbH to the authorities of Belgium on 15
October 2002 with an application to obtain its inclusion
in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.

the paecilomyces

the United Kingdom,

Italy and
The authorities of
Belgium have indicated to the Commission that, on
preliminary examination,
the dossiers for the active
substances concerned appear to satisfy the data and
information requirements of Annex II to Directive 91/
414/EEC. The dossiers submitted appear to satisfy also
the data and information requirements of Annex III to
Directive 91/414/EEC in respect of one plant-protection

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 81, 28.3.2003, p. 39.

active

respective

containing the

product
substance
concerned. In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive
91/414/EC, the dossiers were subsequently forwarded by
the applicants to the Commission and other Member
States, and referred to the Standing Committee on the
Food Chain and Animal Health.

(4)

(5)

(6)

that

By this Decision it should be formally confirmed at
Community level
the dossiers are considered as
satisfying in principle the data and information require-
ments provided for in Annex II and, for at least one
plant-protection product containing the respective active
substance, the requirements of Annex III to Directive 91/
414/EEC.

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

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,

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 these 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.

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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 substances,
taking into account the uses proposed.

Article 2

The rapporteur Member State shall pursue the detailed exami-
nation for the dossiers concerned and shall report the conclu-
sions of the examination accompanied by any recommenda-
tions on the inclusion or non-inclusion of the active substances
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 6 May 2003.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 May 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Active substances concerned by this Decision

No

1

2

3

Common name, CIPAC
identification No

Sulphuryl fluoride
CIPAC No 757

Bispyribac sodium
CIPAC No 748

Applicant

Date of application

Rapporteur Member State

Dow AgroSciences Ltd

29.7.2002

United Kingdom

Bayer Cropscience

26.2.2002

Italy

Paecilomyces lilacinus
CIPAC No 753

Prophyta Biologischer
Pflanzenschutz GmbH

15.10.2002

Belgium