L 397/28 Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 2006 concerning the non-inclusion of alachlor 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(2006) 6567) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/966/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 mar- ket (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) 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 protec- tion products which were already on the market on 25 July 1993. Detailed rules for the carrying out of this programme were established in Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the program of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Coun- cil Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (2). Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94 of 27 April 1994 laying down the active substances of plant protection products and designating the rapporteur Member States for the implementation of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 (3), designated the active substances which should be assessed in the framework of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92, designated a Member State to act as rappor- teur in respect of the assessment of each substance and identified the producers of each active substance who submitted a notification in due time. () OJ L 230,19.8.1991, p. 1, Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/75/EC (OJ L 248, 12.9.2006, p. 3). (3 OJ L 366,15.12.1992, p. 10, Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) N° 2266/2000 (O] L 259, 13.10.2000, p. 27.) (}) OJL 107, 28.4.1994, p. 8, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) N° 2230/95 (O] L 225, 22.9.1995, p. 1.). G) Alachlor is one of the 89 active substances designated in Regulation (EC) No 933/94. In accordance with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92, Spain, being the designated rapporteur Mem- ber State, submitted on 20 July 1999 to the Commission the report of its assessment of the information submitted by the notifiers in accordance with Article 6(1) of that 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 notifiers as provided for in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92. It appeared that further data were required. Commission Decision 2001/810/EC (%) laid down a dead- line for data submission by the notifier, which expired 25 May 2002. The same decision set a further deadline of 31 December 2002 for specified long term studies. The Commission organised a tripartite meeting with the main data submitters and the rapporteur Member State for this active substance on 19 December 2003. The assessment report prepared by Spain has been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. This review was finalised on 4 April 2006 in the format of the Commission review report for alachlor. () OJ L 305, 22.11.2001, p. 32.