20.2.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 49/13 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 14 February 2001 concerning the decision on the possible inclusion of certain active substances into Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document number C(2001) 374) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/134/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 products on the market ('), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/ 80/EC (3) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Directive’), Having regard to 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 Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant-protection products on the market (%), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2266/2000 (¥, and in particular Article 7(3A)(d) and 7(4) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94 of 27 April 1994 laying down the active substances of plant-protec- tion products and designating the rapporteur Member States for the implementation of Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 3600/92 (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2230/95 (%), identified the rapporteur Member States and notifiers for each active substance. (2)  Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 provided that for each active substance for which it has been desig- nated rapporteur, a Member State should examine the dossiers and submit to the Commission the report of its assessment of the information submitted by the notifiers in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(1) of that Regulation. (3)  In accordance with the above Article, on receipt of the reports of the rapporteur Member States, the Commis- sion circulated them to the Member States for informa- 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. tion and undertook consultations with experts of the Member States as well as with the main notifiers as provided for in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92. It appears from the assessments made on a number of active substances that the submitted information is not sufficient to determine whether or not, under the proposed conditions of use, plant-protection products containing the active substance concerned would satisfy in general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of the Directive. Therefore it is not presently possible to decide whether to include such active substances in Annex I to the Directive. Article 8(3) of the Directive provides that Member States should apply the requirements of Article 4(1)(b)(i) to (v), and (c) to (f) in accordance with national provisions concerning the data to be provided. The assessments referred to in recital 4 did not identify concerns which can not be mitigated by appropriate risk-management measures at Member State level. Therefore it is not appropriate at this stage to suspend plant-protection products containing the active substances mentioned before the additional required information has been submitted and evaluated. Therefore a decision should be taken to postpone a decision on the possible inclusion of such active substances into Annex I to the Directive. Following detailed discussions in the Standing Committee on Plant Health, and in accordance with the opinion of that Committee, the Commission has deter- mined the further data required to determine whether the substances mentioned in recital 4 satisfy the require- ments of Article 5 of the Directive. The rapporteur Member States should therefore inform the notifiers in detail about all additional studies and information which would be required to demonstrate that these require- ments are satisfied.