2007/560/EC: Commission Decision of 2 August 2007 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of chlorantraniliprole, heptamaloxyglucan, spirotetramat and Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document number C(2007) 3669) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, pharmaceutical product, plant health legislation, plant health product

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 August 2007

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in
the possible inclusion of chlorantraniliprole, heptamaloxyglucan, spirotetramat and
view of

Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC

(notified under document number C(2007) 3669)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/560/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 chlorantraniliprole was
submitted by DuPont International Operations Sarl to the
authorities of Ireland on 2 February 2007 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
91/414/EEC.
For heptamaloxyglucan a dossier was
submitted by ELICITYL to the authorities of France on
9 May 2006 with an application to obtain its inclusion
in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. For spirotetramat a
dossier was submitted by Bayer CropScience AG to the
authorities of Austria on 9 October 2006 with an appli-
cation to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive
armigera nucleopolyhe-
91/414/EEC.

For Helicoverpa

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

last amended by

Commission Directive 2007/31/EC (OJ L 140, 1.6.2007, p. 44).

(3)

(4)

(5)

a

dossier was

drovirus
submitted by Andermatt
Biocontrol GmbH to the authorities of Estonia on 7
August 2006 with an application to obtain its
inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.

II

set

for

out

in Annex

the dossiers

The authorities of Ireland, France, Austria and Estonia
have indicated to the Commission that, on 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
active
substance concerned. In accordance with Article 6(2) of
the dossiers were subsequently
Directive 91/414/EEC,
forwarded by the applicant
to the Commission and
other Member States, and were referred to the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.

containing

protection

product

the

that

in principle

By this Decision it should be formally confirmed at
the dossiers are considered as
Community level
satisfying
information
and
the
requirements set out in Annex II and, for at least one
plant protection product containing the active substance
concerned,
to
Directive 91/414/EEC.

the requirements set out

in Annex III

data

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.

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(6)

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.

Article 2

The rapporteur Member States shall pursue the detailed exam-
ination for the dossiers referred to in Article 1 and shall
communicate to the Commission the conclusions of their exam-
ination accompanied by a recommendation on the inclusion or
non-inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC of the active
substances referred to in Article 1 and any conditions for those
inclusions 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, 2 August 2007.

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.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

ACTIVE SUBSTANCE CONCERNED BY THIS DECISION

Common name,
CIPAC identification number

Applicant

Date of application

Rapporteur Member State

Chlorantraniliprole
CIPAC-No: 794

DuPont International
Operations Sarl

2 February 2007

Heptamaloxyglucan
CIPAC-No: not applicable

ELICITYL

9 May 2006

Spirotetramat
CIPAC-No: 795

Bayer CropScience AG

9 October 2006

Helicoverpa armigera
nucleopolyhedrovirus
CIPAC-No: not applicable

Andermatt
Biocontrol GmbH

7 August 2006

IE

FR

AT

EE