No L 214/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 8. 96 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 96/46/EC of 16 July 1996 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (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 ('), as last amended by Commis- sion Directive 96/12/EC (3, and in particular Article 18 (2) thereof, Whereas Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC set out the requirements for the dossier to be submitted by applicants respectively for the inclusion of an active substance in Annex I and for the authorization of a plant protection product; Whereas it is necessary to indicate, in Annexes II and III, to the applicants, as precisely as possible, any details on the required information, such as the circumstances, conditions and technical protocols under which certain data have to be generated; whereas these provisions should be introduced as soon as available in order to permit applicants to use them in the preparation of their files; Whereas it is now possible to introduce more details with regard to the data requirements concerning analytical methods for the active substance provided for in Section 4 of Part A of Annex II; Whereas it is also now possible to introduce more details with regard to the data requirements concerning analy- tical methods for the plant protection product provided for in Section 5 of Part A of Annex III; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, 1 () OJ No L 230, 19. 8. 1991, p. 1. () OJ No L 65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 20. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as follows: 1. in Part A of Annex II the section headed ‘4. Analytical methods’ is replaced by Annex I hereto; 2. in Part A of Annex III the section headed ‘5. Analy- tical methods’ is replaced by Annex II hereto. Article 2 Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 April 1997. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt these measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accom- panied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by the Member States. Article 3 This Directive shall enter into force on 1 May 1996. Article 4 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 July 1996. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission