Council Directive 89/365/EEC of 30 May 1989 amending Directive 79/117/EEC prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE
of 30 May 1989
amending Directive 79/117/EEC prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances
(89/365/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances (1), as last amended by Directive 87/477/EEC (2), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Directive 79/117/EEC provided for the contents of its Annex to be regularly amended to take account of the development of scientific and technical knowledge;
Whereas, by Directive 86/355/EEC (3), amending the Annex to Directive 79/117/EEC, the marketing and use of ethylene oxide as a plant protection product was prohibited, subject to certain temporary national exceptions for certain minor commodities, where special need exists, until other methods of treatment become available;
Whereas these exceptions will expire on 31 December 1989;
Whereas the Commission has reviewed the situation concerning possible satisfactory alternative methods of treatment to replace ethylene oxide; whereas it appears from this review that, at present, there is no such alternative method of treatment generally available in respect of two of these exceptions;
Whereas, accordingly, it seems necessary to postpone the expiry date of these two exceptions,