Commission Decision
of 20 April 2007
recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of pyroxsulam in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC
(notified under document number C(2007) 1698)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/277/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 pyroxsulam was submitted by Dow AgroSciences GmbH to the authorities of the United Kingdom on 28 February 2006 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 dossier for the active substance concerned appears to satisfy the data and information requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC. The dossier submitted appears 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 dossier was subsequently forwarded by the applicant to the Commission and other Member States, and was 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 dossier is 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,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/21/EC (OJ L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 4).