Commission Directive 2008/45/EC of 4 April 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards an extension of the use of the active substance metconazole (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-04-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: herbicide, market approval, marketing standard, pesticide, pharmaceutical product, plant health legislation, plant health product

5.4.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 94/21

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/45/EC

of 4 April 2008

amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards an extension of the use of the active substance
metconazole

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

for that substance. This is
Commission review report
particularly the case since the extension covers appli-
cations at rates that are lower than those necessary for
a use as fungicide while the other application parameters
as set out
to
Directive 91/414/EEC remain unchanged.

in the specific provisions of Annex I

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,

(5)

Therefore it is justified to modify the specific provisions
for metconazole.

Whereas:

(1)

By Commission Directive 2006/74/EC (2) metconazole
was
to
included as
Directive 91/414/EEC.

in Annex I

substance

active

(6)

(7)

is

therefore
It
91/414/EEC accordingly.

appropriate

to

amend Directive

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

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(2) When applying for the inclusion of metconazole its
notifier BASF Aktiengesellschaft submitted data on uses
to control fungi which supported the overall conclusion
that it may be expected that plant protection products
containing metconazole will fulfil the safety requirements
laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive
91/414/EEC. Therefore, metconazole was included in
Annex I to that Directive with the specific provisions
that Member States may only authorise uses as fungicide.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

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

(3)

(4)

In addition to the control of fungi in certain agricultural
uses, the notifier now has applied for an amendment to
those specific provisions as regards the use as a plant
growth regulator.
such an
extension of the use, the notifier submitted additional
information.

to support

In order

It

Belgium evaluated the information and data submitted by
the notifier.
informed the Commission in October
2007 that it concluded that the requested extension of
use does not cause any risks in addition to those already
taken into account in the specific provisions for metco-
nazole in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and in the

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

last amended by

Commission Directive 2008/41/EC (OJ L 89, 1.4.2008, p. 12).

(2) OJ L 235, 30.8.2006, p. 17.

Article 2

the

laws,

regulations

Member States shall adopt and publish by 5 August 2008 at the
latest
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 6 August 2008.

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.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 4 April 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

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