2005/751/EC: Commission Decision of 21 October 2005 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of ascorbic acid, potassium iodide and potassium thiocyanate in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document number C(2005) 4025)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-10-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, market approval, marketing standard, plant health legislation, plant health product

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 October 2005

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in
view of the possible inclusion of ascorbic acid, potassium iodide and potassium thiocyanate in
Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC

(notified under document number C(2005) 4025)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/751/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 potassium iodide

A dossier for the active substance ascorbic acid was
submitted by Citrex Nederland BV to the authorities of
the Netherlands on 14 September 2004 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC.
a dossier was
submitted by Koppert Beheer BV to the authorities of
the Netherlands on 6 September 2004 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC. For potassium thiocyanate a dossier was
submitted by Koppert Beheer BV to the authorities of
the Netherlands on 6 September 2004 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC.

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

last amended by

Commission Directive 2005/25/EC (OJ L 90, 8.4.2005, p. 1).

(4)

(5)

(6)

II

The authorities of the Netherlands 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
to Directive 91/414/EEC. The dossiers
Annex
submitted appear also to satisfy the data and information
requirements
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 applicants
to the Commission and other Member States, and were
referred to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain
and Animal Health.

in Annex

set out

III

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
in
concerned,
substance
Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC.

requirements

set out

data

the

the
This Decision should not prejudice the right of
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

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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.

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.

Article 2

The rapporteur Member States shall pursue the detailed exam-
the
the dossiers concerned and shall
ination for

report

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

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 October 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Active substances concerned by this decision

No

Common name, CIPAC Identification Number

Applicant

Date of application

1

2

3

Ascorbic acid, CIPAC-No: 774

Citrex Nederland BV

14.9.2004

Potassium iodide, CIPAC-No: 773

Koppert Beheer BV

6.9.2004

Potassium thiocyanate, CIPAC-No: 772

Koppert Beheer BV

6.9.2004

Rapporteur
Member State

NL

NL

NL