
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 30 June 2007 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 July 2007.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or 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 in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing methamidophos as an active substance by 30 June 2007.By that date they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to methamidophos are met, with the exception of those identified in part B of the entry concerning that active substance, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive in accordance with the conditions of Article 13.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing methamidophos, Member States shall 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 to that Directive and taking into account part B of the entry in Annex I to that Directive concerning methamidophos. 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.Following that determination Member States shall for products containing methamidophos, where necessary amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 June 2008.
Article 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

The following entries shall be added at the end of the table in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC:

No Common name, identification numbers IUPAC name Purity Entry into force Expiration of inclusion Specific provisions
‘145 MethamidophosCAS No 10265-92-6CIPAC No 355 O,S-dimethyl phosphoramidothioate ≥ 680 g/kg 1 January 2007 30 June 2008 
PART A Only use as insecticide on potato may be authorised.
The following conditions of use must be respected:

— At rates not exceeding 0,5 kg active substance per hectare per application,
— Maximum 3 applications per season.
The following uses must not be authorised:

— air application,
— knapsack and all hand-held applications, neither by amateur nor by professional users,
— home gardening.
Member States shall ensure that all appropriate risk mitigation measures are applied. Particular attention must be paid to the protection of:

— birds and mammals. Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures, such as a judicious timing of the application and the selection of those formulations which, as a result of their physical presentation or the presence of agents that ensure an adequate avoidance, minimise the exposure of the concerned species,
— aquatic organisms and non-target arthropods. An appropriate distance must be kept between treated areas and surface water bodies as well as margins of the crop. This distance may depend on the application or not of drift reducing techniques,
— operators, who must wear suitable protective clothing, in particular gloves, coveralls, rubber boots and respiratory protective devices during mixing-loading and gloves, coveralls, rubber boots and face protection or safety glasses during application and cleaning of equipment. The above measures must be applied, unless the exposure to the substance is adequately precluded by the design and construction of the equipment itself or by the mounting of specific protective components on such equipment.

PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on methamidophos, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.
Member States must ensure that the authorisation holders report at the latest on 31 December of each year on any reported effect on operator health. Member States may require that elements, such as sales data and a survey of use patterns, are provided so that a realistic picture of the use conditions and the possible toxicological impact of methamidophos can be obtained.
Member States shall request the submission of further studies to confirm the risk assessment for birds and mammals. They shall ensure that the notifiers at whose request methamidophos has been included in this Annex provide such studies to the Commission within 1 year from the entry into force of this Directive.’


