2007/597/EC: Commission Decision of 27 August 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of guazatine triacetate in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (notified under document number C(2007) 3979) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-08-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, environmental protection, marketing, public health, wood industry

L 230/18

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.9.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 August 2007

concerning the non-inclusion of guazatine triacetate in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the
market

(notified under document number C(2007) 3979)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/597/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing
of biocidal products on the market (1), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 16(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(EC) No

2032/2003

Commission Regulation
of
4 November 2003 on the second phase of the 10-year
work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive
98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning the placing of biocidal products on the
market
(EC)
No 1896/2000 (2) establishes a list of active substances
to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in
Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC. That list includes
guazatine triacetate.

Regulation

amending

and

with Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003,
the review were incorporated in an
the findings of
assessment
report by the Standing Committee on
Biocidal Products at its meeting of 16 March 2007.

In the absence of critical data on leaching from a treated
surface, on reproductive effects of guazatine in Daphnia
in water-sediment
magna and on degradation rates
systems and soil, it is not possible to include guazatine
triacetate in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC for
product-type 8.
the United Kingdom
competent authority carried out an environmental risk
assessment using a realistic worst-case approach, which
showed unacceptable risks to the environment.

In addition,

The review of guazatine triacetate did not reveal any
open questions or concerns to be addressed by the
Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Biocidal Products,

the

opinion

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

(5)

(6)

(7)

Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003, guazatine
triacetate has been evaluated in accordance with Article
11(2) of Directive 98/8/EC for use in product-type 8,
wood preservatives, as defined in Annex V to Directive
98/8/EC.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

The United Kingdom was designated as Rapporteur
Member State and submitted the competent authority
report,
to the
Commission on 22 September 2006 in accordance
with Article 10(5)
(EC)
No 2032/2003.

together with a

recommendation,

of Regulation

and

(7)

Article 1

Guazatine triacetate (CAS number 115044-19-4) shall not be
included in Annexes I,
IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC for
product-type 8.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The competent authority report was reviewed by the
In accordance
Member States and the Commission.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2007/20/EC (OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 23).
(2) OJ L 307, 24.11.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1849/2006 (OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 63).

For the purposes of the third subparagraph of Article 4(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003, this Decision shall apply from
the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 27 August 2007.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission