2008/20/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 2007 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of ipconazole and maltodextrin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document number C(2007) 6479) (Text with EEA relevance)

4.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 1/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2007
recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of ipconazole and maltodextrin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC
(notified under document number C(2007) 6479)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/20/EC)
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 on the market (1), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 91/414/EEC provides for the development of a Community list of active substances authorised for incorporation in plant protection products.
(2) A dossier for the active substance Ipconazole was submitted by Kureha GmbH to the authorities of the United Kingdom on 30 March 2007 with an application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. For maltodextrin a dossier was submitted by Biological Crop Protection Ltd. to the authorities of the United Kingdom on 2 July 2007 with an application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(3) The authorities of the United Kingdom have indicated to the Commission that, on preliminary examination, the dossiers for the active substances concerned appear to satisfy the data and information requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC. The dossiers submitted appear also to satisfy the data and information requirements set out in Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC in respect of one plant protection product containing the active substance concerned. In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, the dossiers were subsequently forwarded by the applicant to the Commission and other Member States, and were referred to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
(4) By this Decision it should be formally confirmed at Community level that the dossiers are considered as satisfying in principle the data and information requirements set out in Annex II and, for at least one plant protection product containing the active substance concerned, the requirements set out in Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(5) This Decision should not prejudice the right of the Commission to request the applicant to submit further data or information in order to clarify certain points in the dossier.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,