
Article 1 
Annex I 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 28 February 2005 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 March 2005.
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.
Article 3 

1. Member States shall review the authorisation for each plant protection product containing quinoxyfen to ensure that the conditions relating to this active substance set out in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC are complied with. Where necessary, they shall amend or withdraw the authorisation in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC before 28 February 2005.
2. Member States shall, for each authorised plant protection product containing quinoxyfen as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances all of which were listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by 31 August 2004, re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III thereto. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 91/414/EEC. Where necessary and by 28 February 2006 at the latest, they shall amend or withdraw the authorisation for each such plant protection product.
Article 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 September 2004.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 April 2004.
For the Commission
David BYRNE
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

In Annex I the following row is added at the end of the table:
No Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Entry into force Expiration of inclusion Specific provisions
‘83 QuinoxyfenCAS No 124495-18-7CIPAC No 566 5, 7-dichloro-4 (ρ-fluorophenoxy) quinoline 970 g/kg 1 September 2004 31 August 2014 Only uses as fungicide may be authorised.For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on quinoxyfen, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 28 November 2003, shall be taken into account.Member States should pay particular attention to the protection of aquatic organisms. Risk mitigation measures must be applied and monitoring programmes must be initiated in vulnerable zones where appropriate.’

