10.3.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L6917 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2001/21/EC of 5 March 2001 amending Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market to include amitrole, diquat, pyridate and thiabendazole as active substances 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 products on the market ('), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/ 80/EC (3, and in particular Article 6(1) thereof, Whereas: 1) SRS NS Slelrlslewe Leeeeee Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2266/2000 (%, laid down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Directive’). Pursuant to that Regulation, Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/ 94 of 27 April 1994 laying down the active substances of plant protection products and designating the rappor- teur Member State for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/95 (%), laid down the list of active substances of plant protection products to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to the Directive. In accordance with Article 5(1) of the Directive, an active substance should be included in Annex I for a period not exceeding 10 years if it may be expected that neither the use of, nor residues from, plant protection products containing the active substance will have any harmful effects on human or animal health or on groundwater or any unacceptable influence on the envir- onment. For amitrole, diquat, pyridate and thiabendazole the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 for a range of uses proposed by the respective notifiers. Under Regulation (EC) No 933/94, France was designated as rapporteur Member State for amitrole, the United Kingdom for diquat, and Spain for thiabendazole. Austria was desig- nated as rapporteur Member State for pyridate under Regulation (EC) No 491/95 () amending Regulation 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. 309, 9.12.2000, p. 14. 366, 15.12.1992, p. 10. 259, 13.10.2000, p. 27. 107, 28.4.1994, p. 8. 225, 22.9.1995, p. 1. 49, 4.3.1995, p. 50. | ol onill anll anll el ol ol (4) (EEC) No 3600/92 and Regulation (EC) No 933/94, in particular with regard to the integration of the desig- nated public authorities and the producers in Austria, Finland and Sweden in the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of the Directive. The rapporteur Member States submitted the relevant assessment report and recom- mendation to the Commission on 30 April 1996 (amitrole), on 2 April 1996 (diquat), on 18 November 1996 (pyridate) and 30 April 1996 (thiabendazole) in accordance with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92. These assessment reports have been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Plant Health. The reviews were finalised on 12 December 2000 in the format of the respective Commission review reports for amitrole, diquat, pyridate and thiabendazole. If the review reports have to be updated to take account of technical and scientific devel- opments, the conditions for the inclusion of the substances concerned in Annex I to the Directive will also need to be amended in accordance with the Directive. The dossier and the information from the review of amitrole were submitted to the Scientific Committee for Plants for consultation. In its opinion of 6 June 2000 (%), the Committee confirmed the acceptable operator exposure level selected and offered advice on the inter- pretation of the long-term studies in rodents. The recommendations were taken into consideration in this Directive and in the relevant review report. The dossier and the information from the review of diquat were also submitted to the Scientific Committee for Plants for consultation. In its opinion of 5 April 2000 (%), the Committee offered advice on the inter- pretation of the available studies on bird reproduction, on potential long-term effects of residues bound to soil particles, on the potential environmental impact of aquatic weed control, and on certain aspects of operator and consumer exposure. The Committee offered its interpretation of the bird reproduction studies available. It concluded that there are no indications that residues in soil will have unacceptable effects. Further, the Committee noted that aquatic weed control uses of diquat may pose a high risk to non-target aquatic organ- isms and insufficient data is available to demonstrate that efficient risk mitigation measures can be applied. () Scientific Committee on Plants SCPJAMITR/002 final. () Scientific Committee on Plants SCP/DIQUAT/002 final.