11.4.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 101/9 I (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 4 April 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of azocyclotin, cyhexatin and thidiazuron in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing those active substances (notified under document number C(2008) 1187) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/296/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (20  Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (?) and (EC) No 1490/2002 (}) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the second and third stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (3)  Azocyclotin, cyhexatin and thidiazuron are substances designated in the third stage programme. 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 the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof, icle 8(2) thereo (4  The sole notifiers for azocyclotin, cyhexatin and thidiazuron informed the Commission on 25 January 2007, 24 January 2007 and 7 February 2007 respect- ively, that they no longer wished to participate in the programme of work for these active substances, and therefore further information will not be submitted. As a consequence, these active substances should not be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Whereas: (1) Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that a Member State may, during a period of 12 years following the notification of that Directive, authorise 5) the placing on the market of plant protection products containing active substances not listed in Annex I to that Directive that are already on the market two years after the date of notification, while those substances are gradually being examined within the framework of a programme of work. Measures should be taken to ensure that existing auth- orisations for plant protection products containing azocyclotin, cyhexatin or thidiazuron are withdrawn within a prescribed period and are not renewed and that no authorisations for such products are granted. (®» 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). () O] L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by () OJ L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 23. Regulation as last amended by Regu- Commission Directive 2008/40/EC (O] L 87, 29.3.2008, p. 5). lation (EC) No 1095/2007 (O] L 246, 21.9.2007, p. 19).