2.7.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 172/9 DIRECTIVES COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/69/EC of 1 July 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include clofentezine, dicamba, difenoconazole, diflubenzuron, imazaquin, lenacil, oxadiazon, picloram and pyriproxyfen 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 ('), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof, Whereas: () () O] L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Commission Directive 2008/45/EC (O] L 94, 5.4.2008, p. 21). Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (?) 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 the active substances listed in the Annex to this Directive. By Regulation (EC) No 1095/2007 a new Article 11b was inserted into Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 to allow active substances for which there are clear indi- cations that it may be expected that they do not have any harmful effects on human or animal health or on groundwater or any unacceptable influence on the envi- ronment, to be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC without detailed scientific advice from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) having been sought. For the active substances listed in the Annex to this Directive the Commission examined in accordance with Directive as last amended by (®» OJ L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 25. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1044/2003 (O] L 151, 19.6.2003, p. 32). () OJ L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 23. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1095/2007 (O] L 246, 21.9.2007, p. 19). S Article 11a of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 the effects on human, animal health, groundwater and the environ- ment for a range of uses proposed by the notifiers, with the conclusion that those active substances satisfy the requirements of Article 11b of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002. In accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 the Commission has submitted draft review reports for the active substances listed in the Annex to this Directive to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, for examination. Those 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 14 March 2008 in the format of the Commission review reports. In accordance with Article 12a of Regu- lation (EC) No 1490/2002 the Commission is to request the EFSA to deliver its view on the draft review reports by 31 December 2010 at the latest. It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing the active substances listed in the Annex to this Directive may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1) (a) and (b) of Directive 91/414[EEC, in particular with regard to the uses which have been examined and detailed in the Commission review report. It is therefore appropriate to include in Annex I to that Directive the active substances listed in the Annex to this Directive, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authorisa- tions of plant protection products containing this active substance can be granted in accordance with the provisions of that Directive. A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is included in Annex I in order to permit Member States and the interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements which will result from the inclusion.