Commission Decision

of 31 August 2006

recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of aviglycine HCl, mandipropamid and meptyldinocap in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC

(notified under document number C(2006) 3858)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/589/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 market1, 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 aviglycine HCl was submitted by Valent BioSciences to the authorities of the United Kingdom on 27 October 2004 with an application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. For mandipropamid a dossier was submitted by Syngenta AG to the authorities of Austria on 13 December 2005 with an application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. For meptyldinocap a dossier was submitted by Dow AgroSciences to the authorities of the United Kingdom on 12 August 2005 with an application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.

(3)

The authorities of the United Kingdom and Austria 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 respective applicants 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 provided for 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,

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