2005/459/EC: Commission Decision of 22 June 2005 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of pinoxaden in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document number C(2005) 1839) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: plant health legislation, plant health product

L 160/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.6.2005

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 June 2005

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination in view
of the possible inclusion of pinoxaden in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC

(notified under document number C(2005) 1839)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/459/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:

(5)

(6)

requirements provided for in Annex II and, for at least
one plant protection product containing the active
in
concerned,
substance
Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC.

requirements

set out

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

for

the active substance pinoxaden was
A dossier
the
submitted by Syngenta Ltd to the authorities of
United Kingdom on 31 March 2004 with an application
to obtain its
to Directive
inclusion in Annex I
91/414/EEC.

also to satisfy

The authorities of the United Kingdom have indicated to
the Commission that, on preliminary examination, the
dossier for the active substance concerned appear to
satisfy the data and information requirements set out in
Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC. The dossier submitted
and information
appear
requirements
to Directive
III
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 dossier
to the
was subsequently forwarded by the applicant
Commission and other Member
and was
referred to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain
and Animal Health.

the data
in Annex

set out

States,

By this Decision it should be formally confirmed at
is considered as
Community level
information
and
satisfying

that
in principle

the dossier
data

the

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

last amended by

Commission Directive 2005/34/EC (OJ L 125, 18.5.2005, p. 5).

Article 1

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

The dossier also satisfies 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.

Article 2

the dossier

concerned and shall

The rapporteur Member State shall pursue the detailed exam-
ination for
the
conclusions of this examination accompanied by any recom-
mendations on the inclusion or non-inclusion of the active
substance concerned in Annex I to 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
from the date of publication of this Decision in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

report

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 June 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ACTIVE SUBSTANCE CONCERNED BY THIS DECISION

No

1

Common name,
CIPAC identification number

Pinoxaden CIPAC No not yet
allocated

Applicant

Date of application

Rapporteur Member State

Syngenta Ltd

31.3.2004

UK