(1)

Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 implements the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and pesticides in International Trade, signed on 11 September 1998 and approved, on behalf of the Community, by Council Decision 2003/106/EC (2).

(2)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 should be amended to take into account regulatory action in respect of certain chemicals taken pursuant to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (3), Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (4) and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (5).

(3)

The substance chlorate has not been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and the substance chlorate has not been included as an active substance in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC, with the effect that chlorate is banned for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.

(4)

The substances benfuracarb, cadusafos, carbofuran and tricyclazole have not been included as active substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, with the effect that those active substances are banned for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008. The addition of those substances to Part 2 of Annex I was suspended due to the new application for approval under Directive 91/414/EEC submitted pursuant to Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 of 17 January 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards a regular and an accelerated procedure for the assessment of active substances which were part of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of that Directive but have not been included into its Annex I (6). This new application has been withdrawn by the applicants with the effect that the reason for suspending the addition to Part 2 of Annex I has disappeared. Therefore, the substances benfuracarb, cadusafos, carbofuran and tricyclazole should be added to the list of chemicals contained in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.

(5)

The substance methomyl has been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC with the effect that methomyl is no longer banned for use in the subcategory ‘pesticide in the group of plant protection products’. Consequently the entry in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 should be amended to reflect that change.

(6)

The substance malathion has been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC with the effect that malathion is no longer banned for use in the subcategory ‘pesticide in the group of plant protection products’; the substance malathion has not been included as an active substance in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC with the effect that malathion is banned for use in the subcategory ‘other pesticide including biocides’. Consequently the entry in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 should be amended to reflect those changes.

(7)

A new application pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 was submitted for the active substance flurprimidol that will require a new decision on inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and thus flurprimidol should be deleted from the list of chemicals contained in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008. The decision on the addition to the list of chemicals in Part 2 of Annex I should not be taken before the new decision on the status of the substance under Directive 91/414/EEC is available.

(8)

The entries in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 relating to the substance paraquat are not coherent and sufficiently clear as regards code numbers and should thus be amended by inserting the most relevant code numbers.

(9)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(10)

In order to allow enough time for Member States and industry to take the necessary measures, the application of this Regulation should be deferred.

(11)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 133 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006,