2007/794/EC: Commission Decision of 29 November 2007 setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 5751) (Text with EEA relevance )

6.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 320/35
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 November 2007
setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC
(notified under document number C(2007) 5751)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/794/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 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 and amending Regulation (EC) No 1896/2000 (1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 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.
(2) For a number of substances/product type combinations included on that list, either all participants have withdrawn or no dossier was received by the deadlines specified in Annexes V and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 by the rapporteur Member State designated for the evaluation.
(3) Consequently, pursuant to Article 8(3) and (4) and Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003, the Commission informed the Member States thereof. That information was also made public by electronic means on 14 June 2006.
(4) Within three months of the electronic publication of that information, companies indicated an interest in taking over the role of participant for some of the substances and product types concerned in accordance with Article 8(4) of Regulation No 2032/2003.
(5) A new deadline should therefore be established for the submission of dossiers for these substances and product types.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,