
Article 1 
Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended in accordance with 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 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 azimsulfuron as an active substance by 31 January 2012.By that date they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to azimsulfuron 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 way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing azimsulfuron 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 July 2011 at the latest, Member States shall, where necessary, re-evaluate the products, to take into account developments occurred in the scientific and technical knowledge and 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 azimsulfuron. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product still 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, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 July 2015.
3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, for each authorised plant protection product containing azimsulfuron as one of several active substances, all of which were listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by 31 July 2011 at the latest, and at least one of which was included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC between 1 January 2009 and 31 July 2011, 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 azimsulfuron. 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, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 July 2015 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 2011.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 August 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

In Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, row No 5 is replaced by the following:

No Common Name,Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Entry into force Expiration of inclusion Specific provisions
‘5 azimsulfuronCAS No 120162-55-2CIPAC No 584 1-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-3-[1-methyl-4-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)-pyrazol-5-ylsulfonyl]-urea ≥ 980 g/kgmaximum level of the impurity phenol 2 g/kg 1 August 2011 31 July 2021 
PART A Only uses as herbicide may be authorised.
Aerial applications may not be authorised.

PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on azimsulfuron, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 9 July 2010, shall be taken into account.
In this overall assessment Member States must pay particular attention to:

— the protection of non-target plants,
— the potential for groundwater contamination, when the active substance is applied in vulnerable scenarios and/or climatic conditions,
— the protection of aquatic organisms.
Member States must ensure that the conditions of authorisation include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate (e.g. buffer zones, in rice cultivation minimum holding periods for water prior to discharge).
The Member States concerned shall request the submission of further studies to finalise the risk assessment on aquatic organisms and further studies to complete the identification of the degradation products in the aqueous photolysis of the substance. They shall ensure that the notifiers provide such studies to the Commission by 31 October 2012.’


