Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 concerning the extension of the deadline for placing on the market of biocidal products containing certain active substances not examined during the ten-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 6707) (Only the Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Greek and Swedish text is authentic) (2007/70/EC) (c. 70)

Article 2

1. Member States making use of the derogation provided for in Article 1 of this Decision shall ensure that the following conditions are complied with:

(a) continued use is only possible under the conditions that products containing the substance are approved for the intended essential use;

(b) the continued use is only accepted so far as it has no unacceptable effect on human or animal health or on the environment;

(c) all appropriate risk reduction measures are imposed when granting approval;

(d) such biocidal products remaining on the market after 1 September 2006 are relabelled in order to match the restricted use conditions;

(e) where appropriate, Member States shall ensure that alternatives for such uses are being sought by the holders of the approvals or by the Member States concerned, or that a dossier is being prepared for submission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11 of Directive 98/8/EC by 14 May 2008 at the latest.

2. The Member States concerned shall inform the Commission annually on the application of paragraph 1 and in particular on the actions taken pursuant to point (e).