
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 April 2009 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 May 2009.
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 fludioxonil, clomazone and prosulfocarb as active substances by 30 April 2009.By that date they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to fludioxonil, clomazone and prosulfocarb 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 fludioxonil, clomazone and prosulfocarb 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 October 2008 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 fludioxonil, clomazone and prosulfocarb respectively. 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 fludioxonil, clomazone or prosulfocarb as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 October 2012 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing fludioxonil, clomazone or prosulfocarb as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 October 2012 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 November 2008.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

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

No Common name, identification numbers IUPAC name Purity Entry into force Expiration of inclusion Specific provisions
‘166 ProsulfocarbCAS No 52888-80-9CIPAC No 539 S-benzyl dipropyl(thiocarbamat) 970 g/kg 1 November 2008 31 October 2018 
PART A Only uses as herbicide may be authorised.

PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on prosulfocarb, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 9 October 2007 shall be taken into account.
In this overall assessment Member States must pay particular attention to:

— the operator safety and ensure that conditions of use prescribe the application of adequate personal protective equipment,
— the protection of aquatic organisms and must ensure that the conditions of authorisation include, where appropriate, risk mitigation measures such as buffer zone,
— the protection of non-target plants and must ensure that the conditions of authorisation include, where appropriate, risk mitigation measures such as an in-field no spray buffer zone.

167 FludioxonilCAS No 131341-86-1CIPAC No 522 4-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile 950 g/kg 1 November 2008 31 October 2018 
PART A Only uses as fungicide may be authorised.

PART B In assessing applications to authorise plant protection products containing fludioxonil for uses other than seed treatment, Member States shall pay particular attention to the criteria in Article 4(1)(b), and shall ensure that any necessary data and information is provided before such an authorisation is granted and:

— must pay particular attention to the potential for groundwater contamination, in particular from the soil photolysis metabolites CGA 339833 and CGA 192155, in vulnerable zones,
— must pay particular attention to the protection of fish and aquatic invertebrates.
Conditions of authorisation should include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.
For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on fludioxonil, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 9 October 2007 shall be taken into account.

168 ClomazoneCAS No 81777-89-1CIPAC No 509 2-(2-chlorobenzyl)-4,4-dimethyl-1,2-oxazolidin-3-one 960 g/kg 1 November 2008 31 October 2018 
PART A Only uses as herbicide may be authorised.

PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on clomazone, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 9 October 2007 shall be taken into account.
In this overall assessment Member States must pay particular attention to:

— the operator safety and ensure that conditions of use prescribe the application of adequate personal protective equipment,
— the protection of non-target plants and must ensure that the conditions of authorisation include, where appropriate, risk mitigation measures such as buffer zones.’


