Commission Directive 2006/45/EC of  16 May 2006  amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the specification of the active substance propoxycarbazone   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: herbicide, marketing standard, plant health legislation

18.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 130/27

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/45/EC

of 16 May 2006

amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the specification of the active substance
propoxycarbazone

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as set out in the
Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States shall adopt and publish by 18 September 2006
at the latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions
necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this
Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 19 September 2006.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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

Whereas:

(1)

By Commission Directive 2003/119/EC (2) propoxycar-
bazone was included as active substance in Annex I to
Directive 91/414/EEC.

on

(2) When applying for the inclusion of propoxycarbazone its
manufacturer Bayer CropScience gave a specification
large-scale
based
production, that company now intends to modify the
specification as regards purity. It has submitted data to
show that
the
requirements for inclusion.

the modified

specification

production.

small-scale

fulfils

For

Germany evaluated the information and data submitted
by the company. It informed the Commission in July
2005 that it concludes that the modified specification
does not cause any risks in addition to those already
taken into account in the entry for propoxycarbazone
in Annex I
to Directive 91/414/EEC and in the
Commission review report for that substance.

Therefore it is justified to modify the specification of
propoxycarbazone.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

is

It
therefore
91/414/EEC accordingly.

appropriate

to

amend Directive

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2006.

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

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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

last amended by

Commission Directive 2006/39/EC (OJ L 104, 13.4.2006, p. 30).

(2) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 41.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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