10.7.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 187/47 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 9 July 2001 concerning the non-inclusion of parathion in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (notified under document number C(2001) 1772) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/520/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 2001/ 36/EC (%), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof, 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 Regulation (EC) No 1972/ 1999 (%), and in particular Article 7(3A)(b) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provided for the Commission to carry out a programme of work for the examination of the active substances used in plant protection products which were already on the market on 15 July 1993. Detailed rules for the carrying out of this programme were established in Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92. () O] L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. () O] L 164, 20.6.2001, p. 1. () O] L 366, 15.12.1992, p. 10. () O L 244, 16.9.1999, p. 41. () 0) ) 0] 0] Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/95 (), has desig- nated the active substances which should be assessed in the framework of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92, desig- nated a Member State to act as rapporteur in respect of the assessment of each substance and identified the producers of each active substance who submitted a notification in due time in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92. Parathion is one of the 90 active substances designated in Regulation (EC) No 933/94. In accordance with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92, Italy, being the designated rapporteur Member State, submitted on 30 November 1998 to the Commission the report of its assessment of the informa- tion submitted by the notifiers in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(1) of this Regulation. On receipt of the report of the rapporteur Member State, the Commission undertook consultations with experts of the Member States as well as with the main notifier (Cheminova) as provided for in Article 7(3) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 3600/92. The assessment report prepared by Italy has been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Plant Health. This review was finalised on 12 December 2000 in the format of the Commission review report for parathion, in accordance with Article 7(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92. L 107, 28.4.1994, p. 8. L 225, 22.9.1995, p. 1.