19.2.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 48/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 151/2014 of 18 February 2014 approving the active substance S-abscisic acid, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (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 (1), and in particular Articles 13(2) and 78(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 80(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, Council Directive 91/414/EEC (?) is to apply, with respect to the procedure and the conditions for approval, to active substances for which a decision has been adopted in accordance with Article 6(3) of that Directive before 14 June 2011. For S-abscisic acid the conditions of Article 80(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are fulfilled by Commission Implementing Decision 2011/253(EU (3). (2)  In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC the Netherlands received on 9 December 2010 an appli- cation from Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS for the inclusion of the active substance S-abscisic acid in Annex [ to Directive 91/414/EEC. Implementing Decision () OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1. (%) Council Directive 91/414[EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (O] L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1). (}) Commission Implementing Decision 2011/253/EU of 26 April 2011 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of metobromuron, S-Abscisic acid, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum D747, Bacillus pumilus QST 2808 and Streptomyces lydicus WYEC 108 in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (O] L 106, 27.4.2011, p. 13). 2011/253[EU confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes 1I and III to Directive 91/414/EEC. (3)  For that active substance, the effects on human and animal health and the environment have been assessed, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(2) and (4) of Directive 91/414/EEC, for the uses proposed by the applicant. The designated rapporteur Member State submitted a draft assessment report on 21 May 2012. (4)  The draft assessment report was reviewed by the Member States and the European Food Safety Authority (here- inafter ‘the Authority’). The Authority presented to the Commission its conclusion (*) on the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance S-abscisic acid on 23 July 2013. The draft assessment report and the conclusion of the Authority were reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 13 December 2013 in the format of the Commission review report for S-abscisic acid. (5) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing S-abscisic acid may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) and Article 5(3) of Directive 91/414[EEC, in particular with regard to the uses which were examined and detailed in the Commission review report. It is therefore appropriate to approve S-abscisic acid. (6)  In accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in conjunction with Article 6 thereof and in the light of current scientific and technical knowledge, it is, however, necessary to include certain conditions and restrictions. (*) EFSA Journal 2013; 11(8):3341. Available online: www.efsa. europa.eu