
Article 1 
Ethoxyquin shall not be included as active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
Article 2 
Member States shall ensure that:

((a)) authorisations for plant protection products containing ethoxyquin are withdrawn by 3 September 2011;
((b)) no authorisations for plant protection products containing ethoxyquin are granted or renewed from the date of publication of this Decision.
Article 3 
Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall be as short as possible and shall expire on 3 September 2012 at the latest.
Article 4 
In the Annex to Decision 2008/941/EC, the entry for ‘ethoxyquin’ is deleted.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 2011.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission