2005/778/EC: Commission Decision of 28 October 2005 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of aminopyralid and fluopicolide in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document number C(2004) 4535)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, market approval, plant health product, product safety

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Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2005

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 October 2005

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in
view of the possible inclusion of aminopyralid and fluopicolide in Annex I to Council Directive
91/414/EEC

(notified under document number C(2004) 4535)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/778/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)

(3)

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

A dossier for the active substance aminopyralid was
submitted by Dow AgroSciences Ltd. to the authorities
of the United Kingdom on 22 April 2004 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC. For fluopicolide a dossier was submitted
by Bayer CropScience, France to the authorities of the
United Kingdom on 7 May 2004 with an application to
obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.

The authorities of the United Kingdom 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
Annex
dossiers
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

to Directive 91/414/EEC. The

in Annex

set out

III

II

(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).

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.

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.

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Article 2

The rapporteur Member States shall pursue the detailed examination for the dossiers concerned and shall
report the conclusions of their examinations accompanied by any recommendations 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.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 28 October 2005.

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONCERNED BY THIS DECISION

No

Common Name, CIPAC Identification Number

Applicant

Date of
application

Rapporteur
Member
State

1

3

Aminopyralid
CIPAC-No not yet allocated

Fluopicolide
CIPAC-No not yet allocated

Dow AgroSciences Ltd

22.4.2004

Bayer CropScience, France

7.5.2004

UK

UK