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Commission Decision of 22 November 2006 concerning the non-inclusion of ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, sodium tetrathiocarbonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these active substances (notified under document number C(2006) 5535) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/797/EC)
Consolidated text: Commission Decision of 22 November 2006 concerning the non-inclusion of ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, sodium tetrathiocarbonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these active substances (notified under document number C(2006) 5535) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/797/EC)
Commission Decision of 22 November 2006 concerning the non-inclusion of ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, sodium tetrathiocarbonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these active substances (notified under document number C(2006) 5535) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/797/EC)
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COMMISSION DECISION of 22 November 2006 concerning the non-inclusion of ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, sodium tetrathiocarbonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these active substances (notified under document number C(2006) 5535) (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 324 23.11.2006, p. 8) |
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 November 2006
concerning the non-inclusion of ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, sodium tetrathiocarbonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these active substances
(notified under document number C(2006) 5535)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/797/EC)
Article 1
Ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, sodium tetrathiocarbonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline shall not be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
Article 2
Member States shall ensure that:
Authorisations for plant protection products containing ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, sodium tetrathiocarbonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline are withdrawn by 22 May 2007;
From 23 November 2006 no authorisations for plant protection products containing ammonium sulphamate, hexaconazole, sodium tetrathiocarbonate and 8-hydroxyquinoline are granted or renewed under the derogation provided for in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
Article 3
By derogation from Article 2, a Member State listed in column B of the Annex may maintain authorisations for plant protection products containing substances listed in column A for uses listed in column C of that Annex until 31 May 2010 at the latest. A Member State making use of the derogation provided for in the first subparagraph shall ensure that the following conditions are complied with:
the continued use is only accepted so far as it has no harmful effects on human or animal health and no unacceptable influence on the environment;
such plant protection products remaining on the market after 22 May 2007 are relabelled in order to match the restricted use conditions;
all appropriate risk mitigation measures are imposed to reduce any possible risks;
alternatives for such uses are being seriously sought.
By way of derogation from the first paragraph, and from Article 2, Bulgaria may maintain in force authorisations for plant protection products containing sodium tetrathiocarbonate for the uses listed in column C until 30 June 2009 provided that:
the continued use is only accepted so far as it has no harmful effects on human or animal health and no unacceptable influence on the environment;
such plant protection products remaining on the market are relabelled in order to match the restricted use conditions;
all appropriate risk mitigation measures are imposed to reduce any possible risks;
alternatives for such uses are being seriously sought.
Article 4
Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance with Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall be as short as possible.
Where authorisations shall be withdrawn in accordance with Article 2 by 22 May 2007 at the latest, the period shall expire on 22 May 2008 at the latest.
Where authorisations shall be withdrawn in accordance with Article 3(1) by 31 May 2010 at the latest, the period shall expire on 30 November 2010 at the latest.
Where authorisations shall be withdrawn in accordance with Article 3(3) by 30 June 2009 at the latest, the period shall expire on 31 December 2009 at the latest.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX
List of authorisations referred to in Article 3(1) and 3(2)
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Column B |
Column C |
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Active substance |
Member State |
Use |
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Sodium tetrathiocarbonate |
Greece |
Soil disinfection in horticulture. |
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Spain |
Soil disinfection in horticulture and woody crops. |
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Bulgaria |
Soil disinfection in horticulture and vineyards. |
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8-Hydroxyquinoline |
France |
Vine cuttings application. |
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Greece |
Localised soil disinfection in horticulture, orchards, olive orchards and vineyards. Vine cuttings application. |
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Spain |
Protection of pruning wounds on woody crops. Localised soil disinfection in horticulture. Vine cuttings application. |
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( 1 ) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/20/EC (OJ L 70, 9.3.2004, p. 32).
( 2 ) OJ L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1044/2003 (OJ L 151, 19.6.2003, p. 32).
( 3 ) OJ L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 23. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1744/2004 (OJ L 311, 8.10.2004, p. 23).
