Commission Directive 2004/64/EC of 26 April 2004 amending Commission Directive 2003/84/EC as regards time limits (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Directive 2004/64/EC
of 26 April 2004
amending Commission Directive 2003/84/EC as regards time limits
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Directive 2003/84/EC(2) amends Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include flurtamone, flufenacet, iodosulfuron, dimethenamid-p, picoxystrobin, fosthiazate and silthiofam as active substances in Annex I to that Directive.
(2) After inclusion of a new active substance, Member States should be allowed a reasonable period to implement the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC as regards plant protection products containing this active substance and in particular to review existing provisional authorisations and, by the end of this period at the latest, to transform those authorisations into full authorisations, to amend them or to withdraw them in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(3) The timelines for the implementation given in Directive 2003/84/EEC are not in line with the timelines given for other new active substances. In order to harmonise the approach for all substances under the current review phase, any considerable difference between the timelines applicable for different new active substances should be avoided.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 2003/84/EC accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,