L 166/16 Official Journal of the European Union 28.6.2007 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 June 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of certain active substances in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these substances (notified under document number C(2007) 2576) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/442[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the 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: (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 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. ()  Commission Regulations (EC) No 11122002 (?) and (EC) No 2229/2004 (}) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the fourth stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC. () O] L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/31/EC (O] L 140, 1.6.2007, p. 44). () O] L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 14. () O] L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 13. (3) Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004 provides producers in the Czech Republic, in Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, with the opportunity to participate in the fourth stage of the programme of work and organises the review of substances which were on the market in those Member States on 30 April 2004 and had not been included in the work programme. With respect to certain active substances no producer submitted a notification pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regu- lation (EC) No 2229/2004. When the Commission informed the Member States of this fact on 18 November 2005, no new Member State notified a declaration of interest within the deadline. With respect to certain other active substances all notifiers withdrew their participation in the programme of work. The Commission provided the Member States with this information on 4 April 2006. Only in three cases Member States have chosen to act as notifiers for the purposes of further participation in the programme of work, pursuant to Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004. For certain active substances no complete dossier has been submitted and no Member State has expressed the will to act as notifier. Consequently, the active substances referred to in recitals 4, 5 and 6, should not be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and Member States should withdraw all authorisations for plant protection products containing those active substances.