L 20810 Official Journal of the European Union 9.8.2007 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 2 August 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these active substances (notified under document number C(2007) 3646) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/553(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 ('), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof, Whereas: 4y 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 the placing on the market of plant protection products containing active substances not listed in Annex I of 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. Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (3) and (EC) No 1490/2002 (}) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the second and third stages of the (") OJL 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/31/EC (O] L 140, 1.6.2007, p. 44). () OJ L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 25. () O] L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 23. programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC. Monocarbamide dihydrogensulphate and dimethipin are substances designated in the third stage programme. The sole notifiers for monocarbamide dihydrogen- sulphate and dimethipin informed the Commission on 29 May 2006 and 6 July 2006 respectively, 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 the Annex [ of Directive 91/414/EEC. Measures should be taken to ensure that existing author- isations for plant protection products containing mono- carbamide  dihydrogensulphate or  dimethipin are withdrawn within a prescribed period and are not renewed, and that no authorisations for such products are granted. For these active substances for which there is only a short period of advance notice for the withdrawal of plant protection products containing such substances, it is reasonable to provide for a period of grace for disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks for a period no longer than 12 months to allow existing stocks to be used in no more than one further growing. In cases where a longer advance notice period is provided, such period can be shortened to expire at the end of the growing season.