
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 31 January 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 February 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 oxamyl as an active substance by 31 January 2007.By that date, they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to oxamyl 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 of that Directive.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing oxamyl 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 30 July 2006 at the latest, 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 oxamyl. 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:
(a) in the case of a product containing oxamyl as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 July 2010 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing oxamyl as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 July 2010 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective Directive or Directives which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, whichever is the latest.
Article 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 August 2006.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 February 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


No Common name, identification numbers IUPAC name Purity Entry into force Expiration of inclusion Specific provisions
‘117 OxamylCAS No 23135-22-0CIPAC No 342 N,N-dimethyl-2-methylcarbamoyloxyimino-2-(methylthio) acetamide 970 g/kg 1 August 2006 31 July 2016 
PART A Only uses as nematicide and insecticide may be authorised.

PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on oxamyl, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 15 July 2005 shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment,

— Member States must pay particular attention to the protection of birds and mammals, earthworms, aquatic organisms, surface water, and groundwater in vulnerable situations.
Conditions of authorisation should include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.

— Member States must pay particular attention to the operator safety. Conditions of authorisation should include protective measures, where appropriate.
The concerned Member States shall request the submission of further studies to confirm the risk assessment for ground water contamination in acidic soils, birds and mammals and earthworms. They shall ensure that the notifiers at whose request oxamyl has been included in this Annex provide such studies to the Commission within two years from the entry into force of this Directive.’


