
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 1 September 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 2 September 2007.
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 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 May 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

In Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, row 69 is replaced by the following:
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69 FosthiazateCAS No 98886-44-3CIPAC No 585 (RS)-S-sec-butyl O-ethyl 2-oxo-1,3-thiazolidin-3-ylphosphonothioate 930 g/kg 1 January 2004 31 December 2013 Only uses as insecticide or nematicide may be authorised.For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on fosthiazate, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 4 July 2003 shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment Member States
— should pay particular attention to the protection of groundwater, when the active substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climate conditions;
— should pay particular attention to the protection of birds and wild mammals in particular if the substance is applied during the breeding season;
— should pay particular attention to the protection of non-target soil organisms.Risk mitigation measures should be applied where appropriate. In order to mitigate the potential risk to small birds, product authorisations must require that a very high level of incorporation of granules into soil is achieved.The Member States shall inform the Commission in accordance with Article 13(5) on the specification of the technical material as commercially manufactured.'
