2004/686/: 2004/686/EC:#Commission Decision of 29 September 2004 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of proquinazid, IKI-220 (flonicamid) and gamma-cyhalothrin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document number C(2004) 3384)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, marketing standard, plant health legislation, plant health product

12.10.2004

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 September 2004

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in
view of the possible inclusion of proquinazid, IKI-220 (flonicamid) and gamma-cyhalothrin in
Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC

(notified under document number C(2004) 3384)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/686/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991
concerning the placing of plant-protection on the market (1),
and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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

for

the active substance proquinazid was
A dossier
submitted by DuPont
to the authorities of
(UK) Ltd.
the United Kingdom on 9 January 2004 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC. For
IKI-220 (flonicamid) a dossier was
submitted by ISK Biosciences Europe SA to the French
authorities on 23 December 2003 with an application to
obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
submitted by
For gamma-cyhalothrin a dossier was
Pytech Chemicals GmbH to the authorities of
the
United Kingdom on 4 November 2003 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC.

(3)

The authorities of the United Kingdom and France have
indicated to the Commission that, on preliminary exam-
ination, the dossiers for the active substances concerned
appear to satisfy the data and information requirements
set out in Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC. The dossiers

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2004/71 (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 104).

III

set out

in Annex

submitted appear also to satisfy the data and information
to Directive
requirements
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 applicants
to the Commission and other Member States, and were
referred to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain
and Animal Health.

that

in principle

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

requirements

set out

data

the

This Decision should not prejudice the right of
the
Commission to request the applicant to submit further
data or information in order to clarify certain points in
the dossier.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Without prejudice to Article 6(4) of Directive 91/414/EEC, the
dossiers concerning the active substances identified in the
Annex to this Decision, which were
submitted to the
Commission and the Member States with a view to obtaining
the inclusion of those substances in Annex I to that Directive,
satisfy in principle the data and information requirements set
out in Annex II to that Directive.

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

from the date of publication of this Decision in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

The rapporteur Member States shall pursue the detailed exam-
ination for
the
the dossiers concerned and shall
conclusions of their examinations accompanied by any recom-
mendations on the inclusion or non-inclusion of the active
substance concerned in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC and
any conditions related thereto to the European Commission as
soon as possible and at the latest within a period of one year

report

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Active substances concerned by this Decision

No

1

2

3

Common name, CIPAC
identification number

Applicant

Date of application

Rapporteur Member
State

Proquinazid
CIPAC-No: 764

DuPont (UK) Ltd

9.1.2004

IKI-220 (flonicamid)
CIPAC-No not yet allocated

ISK Biosciences Europe
SA

23.12.2003

Gamma-cyhalothrin
CIPAC-No not yet allocated

Pytech Chemicals GmbH

4.11.2003

UK

FR

UK