
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 August 2006 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 September 2006.
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 
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 September 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

In Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, row 102 is replaced by the following:

No Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Entry into force Expiration of inclusion Specific provisions
‘102 ChlorothalonilCAS No 1897-45-6CIPAC No 288 Tetrachloroisophthalonitrile 985 g/kg
— Hexachlorobenzene: not more than 0,04 g/kg
— Decachlorobiphenyl: not more than 0,03 g/kg 1 March 2006 28 February 2016 
PART A Only uses as fungicide may be authorised.

PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on chlorothalonil, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 15 February 2005 shall be taken into account.
In this overall assessment Members States must pay particular attention to the protection of:

— aquatic organisms,
— groundwater, in particular with regards to the active substance and its metabolites R417888 and R611965 (SDS46851), when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climate conditions.
Conditions of use should include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’


