L 51/16 Official Journal of the European Union 25.2.2011 DIRECTIVES COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2011/14/EU of 24 February 2011 amending Council Directive 91/414[EEC to include profoxydim as active substance (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC Spain received on 2 April 1998 an application from BASF SE for the inclusion of the active substance profoxydim in Annex [ to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 1999/43/EC () 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 Il and I to Directive 91/414/EEC. (2)  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 28 March 2001. (3)  For profoxydim the draft assessment report was reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. The review was finalised on 23 November 2010 in the format of the Commission review report for profoxydim. (4) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing profoxydim 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 include profoxydim in Annex I to that Directive, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authori- sations of plant protection products containing this active substance may be granted in accordance with the provisions of that Directive. () OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. () OJ L 14, 19.1.1999, p. 30. (5)  Without prejudice to the obligations defined by Directive 91/414[EEC as a consequence of including an active substance in Annex I, Member States should be allowed a period of 6 months after inclusion to review existing provisional authorisations of plant protection products containing profoxydim to ensure that the requirements laid down by Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular in its Article 13 and the relevant conditions set out in Annex I, are satisfied. Member States should transform existing provisional authorisations into full authorisations, amend them or withdraw them in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC. By derogation from the above deadline, a longer period should be provided for the submission and assessment of the complete Annex III dossier of each plant protection product for each intended use in accordance with the uniform principles laid down in Directive 91/414/EEC. (6) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 91/414/EEC accordingly. (7)  The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Annex [ to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 Member States shall adopt and publish by 31 January 2012 at the latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. They shall apply those provisions from 1 February 2012. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.