
Article 1 
In accordance with Article 15(1) of Directive 98/8/EC, France may allow the placing on the market of biocidal products containing malathion (EC No 204-497-7; CAS No 121-75-5) for product type 18 as defined in Annex V of Directive 98/8/EC (insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods) for vector mosquito control in the Department of French Guiana until 1 November 2009.
Article 2 

1. When allowing the placing on the market of biocidal products containing malathion in accordance with Article 1, France shall ensure that the following conditions are complied with:
(a) such biocidal products shall be used only under the control of public authorities;
(b) such biocidal products shall be used only until appropriate alternative biocidal products complying with the provisions of Directive 98/8/EC are available in the Department of French Guiana.
2. By 10 September 2009, France shall inform the Commission on the application of paragraph 1.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 3 July 2009.
For the Commission
Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission