L67/18 Official Journal of the European Union 12.3.2015 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC ('), and in particular Article 78(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Active substances are to be identified as candidates for substitution if they meet one or more criteria set out in point 4 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. (2)  Pursuant to Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the Commission has to establish a list of substances included in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (3 which satisfy the criteria set out in point 4 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, hereinafter: ‘list of candidates for substitution’. (3)  To ensure the consistency of the policy of the Union as regards active substances that have properties identifying them as candidates for substitution and to apply equal treatment to such substances, the Commission should also include in that list active substances approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 pursuant to the transitional provisions of Article 80(1). (4)  From the information contained in either the review report, or the conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (°) or the Draft Assessment Report and related addenda and peer review reports, or from the classifi- cation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (%), it was possible to identify the substances which satisfy the criteria set out in point 4 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. These documents provide information, where relevant, concerning the applicable Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), Acute Reference Dose (ARfD) or Acceptable Operator Exposure Level (AOEL), the information concerning persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic (PBT) properties of the substances, information concerning critical effects referred to in the third indent of point 4 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the proportion of non-active isomers, the classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, as carcinogen category 1A or 1B and toxic for reproduction category 1A or 1B, the endocrine disrupting properties. Based on that information, the substances set out in the Annex to this Regulation were identified as satisfying one or more criteria set out in point 4 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. The information has been consolidated and can be found in a support tool for the establishment of the list of candidates for substitution, which is available on the Commission website (*). (5)  The Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of the active substances 1-methylcyclopropene, amitrole, diclofop, dimethoate, ethoprophos, fenamiphos, fipronil, fluometuron, haloxyfop-P, metam, oxamyl, sulcotrione and triazoxide is signif- icantly lower than that of the majority of the approved active substances within their respective groups of substances/use categories. The Acute Reference Dose (AR{D) of the active substances dimoxystrobin, fenamiphos, methomyl and oxamyl is significantly lower than that of the majority of the approved active substances within their respective groups of substances/use categories. The Acceptable Operator Exposure Level (AOEL) of the active substances amitrole, bromadiolone, difenacoum, dimethoate, diquat, ethoprophos, fenamiphos, fluquinco- nazole, metam, sulcotrione, triazoxide and warfarin is significantly lower than that of the majority of the approved active substances within their respective groups of substances/use categories. It is therefore appropriate to include those active substances in the list of candidates for substitution. () OJL309,24.11.2009,p. 1. (*) Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, 1), ¢) http://Www.efsa.europa.eu/en/publications/efsajournal.htm (*) Regulation (EC) No 12722008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1). () http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/index_en.htm