Commission Regulation (EC) No 1336/2003 of 25 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2076/2002 as regards the continued use of the substances listed in Annex II (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dangerous substance, market approval, marketing, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, withdrawal from the market

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1336/2003

of 25 July 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 2076/2002 as regards the continued use of the substances listed in
Annex II

(Text with EEA relevance)

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2002 (3) contains
provisions
certain active
the non-inclusion of
substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and for
the withdrawal by Member States of all authorisations
for plant-protection products containing such active
substances. For uses
technical
evidence had been provided demonstrating the essential
need for further use of the active substance and the
absence of an efficient alternative, temporary measures
were provided to enable the development of alternatives.

for which additional

Member States have presented new evidence demon-
strating the need for further essential uses. Such informa-
tion has been evaluated by the Commission with
Member State experts. Derogations should be given only
for cases which appear justified and which do not give
rise to concern and should be restricted to the control of
harmful organisms for which no efficient alternatives
exist.

(3)

(4)

(5)

Certain active substances are covered both by the third
and fourth stage of the programme of work because of
their chemical relation or because of their specific use.
In order to avoid inconsistencies, the necessary adapta-
tions should be made to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
2076/2002.

Regulation (EC) No 2076/2002 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2076/2002 is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 184, 23.7.2003, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 319, 23.11.2002, p. 3.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

List of authorisations referred to in Article 2(3)

Column A

Active substance

Column B

Member State

Column C

Use

2-aminobutane

United Kingdom

Ireland

Stored seed potato

Stored seed potato

1,3-dichloropropene (cis)

The Netherlands

Flower bulbs, strawberries, vegetables, tree nursery crops, perennials and
replanting of orchards

4-CPA (4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid)

Acifluorfen

Azaconazole

Benfuresate

Bromacil

Bromopropylate

Greece

Spain

Italy

Belgium

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

Spain

France

Belgium

Italy

Spain

Grape (seedless)

Tomato, aubergine

Soybean

Sweet pepper, tomato, wound treatment on trees

Tomato

Ornamentals

Cotton

Lavender, lavandin

Bean

Pome fruit, vine

Lemon, tomato, pome fruit, vine

Calcium hydroxide (aka slake lime (*))

The Netherlands

Fruit

Cartap

Chinomethionate

Chlorfenvinfos

Italy

Greece

Spain

Denmark

Germany

Ireland

France

Pome fruit, stone fruit, tomato, aubergine, pepper, melon, marrow, orna-
mentals

Melon, water melon

Cucurbitaceae

Cabbage

Small radish, radish, carrot, onion, celery, cabbage, cucumber, oil seed
rape

Carrot, parsnip, cabbage, swede

Mushroom, asparagus, cress, radish, spinach, corn salad, gherkin, cour-
gette, onion, shallot, carrot, celeriac, leek, celery, parsley, garlic, cabbage,
turnip

The Netherlands

Cabbage, onion, carrot, Brassica vegetables, swede, turnip, radish, black
radish, leek, celeriac

Sweden

Portugal

Spain

Head cabbage and swedes

Brassica

Brassica

Cyanazine

United Kingdom

Pea, bean, Brassica, narcissi, oilseed rape, Allium, forestry

Dalapon

Sweden

Ireland

Italy

Oilseed rape and pickling cucumber

Onion

Rice

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Column A

Active substance

Column B

Member State

Column C

Use

Ethion

Dikegulac

Dimefuron

Dinobuton

France

Germany

Germany

Spain

Ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate (EPTC)

Portugal

Carrot, parsley, celery, celeriac, garlic, shallot, onion, leek, cabbage

Ornamentals (under glass)

Oil seed rape

Pome fruit

Potato

Fenpropathrin

Fenuron

Flumethralin

United Kingdom

Soft fruit (blackcurrant)

United Kingdom

Pea, bean, spinach

Portugal

Spain

Tobacco

Tobacco

Fomesafen

United Kingdom

Pea, bean, lupin

Furalaxyl

Furathiocarb

Haloxyfop

Heptenophos

Hexazinone

Imazapyr

Iminoctadine

Mepronil

Metobromuron

Metoxuron

France

Italy

Ireland

Belgium

Denmark

Ireland

Italy

Austria

France

Ireland

Spain

Ireland

Portugal

Greece

Austria

Belgium

Spain

Germany

France

Belgium

France

Ireland

Soybean, bean

Soybean, bean, pea

Ornamentals

Leek

Seed grass fields of red fescue, seed beds of ornamentals

Ornamentals, cucumber, tomato, lettuce

Cabbage, french bean, lettuce

Conifer

Conifer, lavender, lavandin, clary sage, liquorice, lucerne, sugar cane

Conifer

Conifer, lucerne

Forestry

Non-crop land

Tomatoes under plastic

Lettuce

Lambs lettuce, bean, potato

Potato

Lambs lettuce, bean, tobacco

Lambs lettuce

Carrot, potato

Carrot

Carrot

Luxemburg

Carrot, potato

The Netherlands

Carrot, potato, iris, gladiolus

United Kingdom

Carrot, parsnip

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Column A

Active substance

Column B

Member State

Column C

Use

Naptalam

Omethoate

Orbencarb

Oxadixyl

Oxycarboxin

Pebulate

Pentanochlor

Prometryn

Pyridafenthion

Resmethrin

Rock powder (*)

Sethoxydim

Spain

France

Austria

Austria

Belgium

United Kingdom

Austria

Greece

Spain

Ireland

Greece

Melon, water melon

Melon

Ornamentals

Lupin

Pea — seed treatment

Ornamentals

Ornamentals

Ornamentals, flowers

Ornamentals

Turf grass

Tobacco

United Kingdom

Umbellifers, herbs, ornamentals

United Kingdom

Umbellifers, Allium, herbs

Spain

Greece

Ireland

Portugal

France

Spain

Carrots, celery, cotton, chickpeas, peas, lentils

Cotton

Carrots, parsley, celery, parsnips

Potatoes, carrots, parsley, leek, peas

Celery, celeriac, lentils, leek

Vine, meadow, lemon

United Kingdom

Mushroom

Austria

Austria

Belgium

Italy

Forestry

Strawberry

Leek, beans, cabbage

Vegetables

Silver nitrate

The Netherlands

Cucumber and gherkin grown for seed

Sodium monochloracetate

United Kingdom

Brassica, Allium, soft fruit, hop

Sodium silver thiosulphate

Sulfotep

Tar acids (*)

Temephos

Terbacil

Ireland

Denmark

Germany

Ireland

United Kingdom

Spain

Spain

France

Greece

Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale

Cut flowers, pot plants

Ornamentals and vegetables in greenhouses

Disinfectant use

Disinfectant use

Rice

Mentha

Arnica, ribbed melilot, balm, peppermint, oregano, wild pansy, rosemary,
winter savory, sage, thyme

Aromatic plants

United Kingdom

Aromatic and pharmaceutical plants

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Column A

Active substance

Column B

Member State

Column C

Use

Terbufos

Terbutryn

Tetradifon

Triazophos

Triforine

Vamidothion

Greece

Sugar beet

United Kingdom
Spain
Ireland

Pea, bean, lupin
Citrus
Peas, beans

Spain
Ireland

Ireland

Austria
Denmark

Belgium
Spain
Italy
Portugal

Citrus, Cucurbitaceae, tomato, grapes
tomato, cucumber, ornamentals nursery stock

Carrot

Bean, cucumber, ornamentals growing, rose
Apple, pear, blackcurrant, redcurrant, gooseberry

Apple, arboriculture
Pome fruit
Pome fruit
Apple, pear

(*) This active substance is allowed to remain on the market for the uses mentioned pending the finalisation of the procedures under the fourth stage of the programme of

work as initiated by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1112/2002.’