L 317/6 Official Journal of the European Union 27.11.2008 DIRECTIVES COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/ 108/EC of 26 November 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include flutolanil, benfluralin, fluazinam, fuberidazole and mepiquat as active substances (Text with EEA relevance) 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 (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (3 and (EC) No 1490/2002 (}) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the third stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and establish a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. That list includes flutolanil, (4) benfluralin, fluazinam, fuberidazole and mepiquat. ) (2)  For those active substances the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 and (EC) No 1490/2002 for a range of uses proposed by the notifiers. Moreover, those Regulations designate the rapporteur Member States which have to submit the relevant assessment reports and recommen- dations to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in () O] L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. () O] L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 25. () O] L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 23. accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002. For flutolanil the rapporteur Member State was Finland and all relevant information was submitted on 13 June 2005. For benfluralin the rapporteur Member State was Belgium and all relevant information was submitted on 16 February 2006. For fluazinam the rapporteur Member State was Austria and all relevant information was submitted on 3 January 2006. For fuberidazole and mepiquat the rapporteur Member State was the United Kingdom and all relevant information was submitted on 5 April 2005. The assessment reports have been peer reviewed by the Member States and the EFSA and presented to the Commission on 3 March 2008 for flutolanil and benfluralin, on 26 March 2008 for fluazinam, on 14 November 2007 for fuberidazole and on 14 April 2008 for mepiquat in the format of the EFSA Scientific Reports (*). These reports have been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 20 May 2008 in the format of the Commission review reports for flutolanil, benfluralin, fluazinam, fuberidazole and mepiquat. It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant  protection products containing flutolanil, benfluralin, fluazinam, fuberidazole and mepiquat may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)@a) and (b) of Directive EFSA Scientific Report (2008) 126. Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance flutolanil (finalised 3 March 2008). EFSA Scientific Report (2008) 127. Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance benfluralin (finalised 3 March 2008). EFSA Scientific Report (2008) 137. Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance fluazinam (finalised 26 March 2008). EFSA Scientific Report (2008) 118. Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance fuber- idazole (finalised 14 November 2007). EFSA Scientific Report (2008) 146. Conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance mepiquat (finalised on 14 April 2008).