2006/586/EC: Commission Decision of 25 August 2006 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of chromafenozide, halosulfuron, tembotrione, valiphenal and Zucchini yellow mosaic virus — weak strain in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document number C(2006) 3820)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Hungary, Italy, United Kingdom, administrative formalities, marketing standard, plant health product, testing

31.8.2006

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 August 2006

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in
view of the possible inclusion of chromafenozide, halosulfuron, tembotrione, valiphenal and
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus — weak strain in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC
(notified under document number C(2006) 3820)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/586/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.

A dossier for the active substance chromafenozide was
submitted by Calliope SAS to the authorities of Hungary
on 12 December 2004 with an application to obtain its
inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. For halo-
sulfuron a dossier was submitted by Nissan Chemical
Europe SARL to the authorities of
Italy on 19 May
2005 with an application to obtain its inclusion in
Annex I
to Directive 91/414/EEC. For tembotrione a
dossier was submitted by Bayer CropScience AG to the
authorities of the Austria on 25 November 2005 with an
application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC. For valiphenal, a dossier was submitted by
ISAGRO SpA to the authorities of the Hungary on 2
September 2005 with an application to obtain its
inclusion in Annex I
to Directive 91/414/EEC. For
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus — weak strain a dossier was
submitted by Central Science Laboratory to the autho-
rities of the United Kingdom on 16 March 2005 with an
application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC.

(3)

The authorities of the United Kingdom, Austria, Italy and
Hungary have indicated to the Commission that, on

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Com-

mission Directive 2006/41/EC (OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 24).

for

set out

the dossiers

in Annex II

preliminary examination,
the active
substances concerned appear to satisfy the data and
information requirements
to
Directive 91/414/EEC. The dossiers submitted appear
also to satisfy the data and information requirements
set out in Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC in respect
of one plant protection product containing the active
substance concerned. In accordance with Article 6(2) of
the dossiers were subsequently
Directive 91/414/EEC,
the
forwarded
applicants
respective
and were
Commission and other Member States,
referred to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain
and Animal Health.

the

by

to

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

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-
the
the dossiers concerned and shall
ination for
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, 25 August 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

ACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONCERNED BY THIS DECISION

No

Common Name,
CIPAC Identification Number

Applicant

Date of application

Rapporteur
Member State

1

2

3

4

5

Chromafenozide
CIPAC-No: not yet allocated

Calliope SAS

12 December 2004

Halosulfuron
CIPAC-No: not yet allocated

Tembotrione
CIPAC-No: not yet allocated

Nissan Chemical Europe SARL

19 May 2005

Bayer CropScience AG

25 November 2005

Valiphenal
CIPAC-No: not yet allocated

ISAGRO SpA

2 September 2005

Zucchini yellow mosaic virus ––
weak strain
CIPAC-No: not applicable

Central Science Laboratory

16 March 2005

HU

IT

AT

HU

UK