2007/553/EC: Commission Decision of 2 August 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these active substances (notified under document number C(2007) 3646)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing restriction, pharmaceutical product, plant health legislation, plant health product, withdrawal from the market

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 August 2007

concerning the non-inclusion of monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin in Annex I to
Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products
containing these active substances

(notified under document number C(2007) 3646)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/553/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of
Directive 91/414/EEC.

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 products on the
market (1), and in particular
fourth subparagraph of
Article 8(2) thereof,

the

Whereas:

(1)

Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that a
Member State may, during a period of 12 years
following the notification of
that Directive, authorise
the placing on the market of plant protection products
containing active substances not listed in Annex I of that
Directive that are already on the market two years after
the date of notification, while those substances are
gradually being examined within the framework of a
programme of work.

(2)

Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (2) and (EC)
No 1490/2002 (3) lay down the detailed rules for the
implementation of the second and third stages of the

(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).

(2) OJ L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 25.
(3) OJ L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 23.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin are
substances designated in the third stage programme.

sole notifiers

The
for monocarbamide dihydrogen-
sulphate and dimethipin informed the Commission on
29 May 2006 and 6 July 2006 respectively, that they
no longer wished to participate in the programme of
work for these active substances, and therefore further
information will not be submitted. As a consequence,
these active substances should not be included in the
Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC.

Measures should be taken to ensure that existing author-
isations for plant protection products containing mono-
carbamide
are
withdrawn within a prescribed period and are not
renewed, and that no authorisations for such products
are granted.

dihydrogensulphate

dimethipin

or

For these active substances for which there is only a
short period of advance notice for the withdrawal of
plant protection products containing such substances, it
is reasonable to provide for a period of grace for
disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of
existing stocks for a period no longer than 12 months
to allow existing stocks to be used in no more than one
further growing. In cases where a longer advance notice
period is provided, such period can be shortened to
expire at the end of the growing season.

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(7)

(8)

This Decision does not prejudice the submission of an
application for monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate or
dimethipin according to the provisions of Article 6(2)
of Directive 91/414/EEC in view of a possible inclusion
in its Annex I.

(b) from 6 August 2007 no authorisations for plant protection
products containing monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate
and dimethipin are granted or renewed under the dero-
gation provided for in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC.

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

Monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin shall not
be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.

Article 3

Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance
with Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall be as short as
possible and shall expire not later than 2 February 2009.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 2 August 2007.

Member States shall ensure that:

(a) authorisations

for plant protection products containing
monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin are
withdrawn by 2 February 2008;

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission