title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 451/2000 of 28 February 2000 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the second and third stages of the work programme referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC

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text: 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 451/2000 of 28 February 2000 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the second and third stages of the work programme referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/ 80/EC (2), and in particular Article 8(2), second subparagraph, thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) two years after The Commission is to undertake a work programme for the gradual examination of active substances on the the date of notification of market Directive 91/414/EEC within a period of 12 years. The first stage of the programme was laid down by Commis- sion Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementa- tion of the first stage of the work programme referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1972/1999 (4). The first stage is ongoing. It is necessary the to continue and speed up the examination of remaining active substances, taking into account experi- ence from the first stage. Given the very high number of existing active substances on the market still to be evaluated, a programme in several phases must be established. Experience has shown that the evaluation and decision-making on an active substance is a time-consuming process. It is there- fore not yet possible to provide for a detailed evaluation of all the existing active substances. Therefore the second stage will provide for the detailed evaluation of a number of active substances comparable to the number covered in the first stage whilst the third stage will prepare for the subsequent evaluation of active substances. For certain categories of active substances further harmonisation is required concerning the dossier to be provided and the evaluation to be carried out. Those categories should therefore not be included in the current proposed work programme but should be covered by further stages for their evaluation with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (4) For the second stage a selection should be made taking into account, in a balanced manner, such aspects as health and/or environmental concern, possibility of leaving residues in treated products, importance of the (10) (1) OJ L 230, 19. 8. 1991, p. 1. (2) OJ L 210, 10. 8. 1999, p. 13. (3) OJ L 366, 15. 12. 1992, p. 10. (4) OJ L 244, 16. 9. 1999, p. 41. preparations containing these substances for agriculture, any manifest data gaps and any similarity of chemical or biological properties. The relationships between producers, Member States and the Commission and the obligations on each of the parties for the implementation of the programme should be laid down, taking into account experience gained during the first stage of the programme. Close coopera- tion between all parties involved is necessary to increase the efficiency of the programme. scientific information about an active Technical or substance, in particular with regard to its potentially dangerous effects or its residues, submitted within the relevant time limits by any other interested parties should also be taken into consideration in the evalu- ations. A notification procedure should be provided by which interested producers have the right to inform the Commission of their interest in securing the inclusion of an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and of their undertaking to submit all the required infor- mation for a proper evaluation of, and decision on, that active substance in the light of the criteria for inclusion set out in Article 5 of Directive 91/414/EEC. Therefore the information submitted should include information on a limited range of representative uses for which the the data notifier must demonstrate, on the basis of submitted, the requirements of Directive 91/414/EEC in relation to the criteria referred to in its Article 5 can be met. for one or more preparations that It is necessary to define the obligations of notifiers with regard to the formats, periods and recipient authorities for the information to be submitted. The task of evaluation should be distributed among the competent authorities of the Member States. Therefore, for each active substance a rapporteur Member State should be designated to examine and evaluate the infor- mation submitted and to present to the Commission the results of the evaluation and a recommendation for a decision to be taken with regard to the active substance concerned. Rapporteur Member States should first examine dossiers received, assess the completeness check provided by the notifiers and report to the Commission. It should be established that Member States should send draft reports of their evaluations to the Commission generally within 12 months after the dossiers submitted by notifiers have been considered complete. L 55/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 (11) (12) (13) (14) The draft reports prepared by the rapporteur Member States should, where necessary, be the subject of prelim- inary examination by experts of other Member States within a programme coordinated by the Commission before they are submitted to the Standing Committee on Plant Health. In order to avoid duplication of work, and in particular involving vertebrate animals, producers experiments should be encouraged to submit collective dossiers. The notification and submission of a dossier should not be a prerequisite for the possibility after inclusion of the active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC to place plant protection products on the market subject to the provisions of Article 13 of Directive 91/414/EEC. it should be possible for operators which Therefore, have not presented notifications to be informed at all stages of the possible further requirements for continued marketing of plant protection products containing an active substance under evaluation. The procedures provided for in this Regulation should not prejudice procedures and actions to be undertaken in the framework of other Community legislation, in particular, under Council Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 91/188/EEC (2), where information becomes available to the Commission showing that its require- ments may be satisfied. (15) Directive 91/414/EEC provides in Article 8(2), second subparagraph, a 12-year period for the work programme concerning the evaluation of existing active substances. The 12-year period may be extended by the Commission subject to the conclusions of a progress report, referred to in Article 8(2), third subparagraph, on the programme to the European Parliament and the Council. On the expiry of the time limit, whether or not it was extended, Member States will have to withdraw author- isations of plant protection products containing the active substances which were not included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. to the conclusions of that The Commission, subject report, will adopt further detailed regulatory provisions serving to finalise as soon as possible the evaluation and decision making of active substances for which the provisions of the present Regulation concerning noti- fication and submission of complete dossiers axe satis- fied. fourth subparagraph, of Directive 91/ Article 8(2), 414/EEC provides for a Commission Decision not to include in Annex I active substances in cases where the (1) OJ L 33, 8. 2. 1979, p. 36. (2) OJ L 92, 13. 4. 1991, p. 42. requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/414/EEC are not satisfied or the requisite information and data have not been submitted within the prescribed time period and for the withdrawal by Member States of author- isations of plant protection products containing such active substances. However, subject to the conclusions of the said report and if necessary, it may be appropriate to re-examine these provisions for certain uses which are essential and for which there is no alternative to protect efficiently plants or plant products such as to allow the development of alternatives replacing the use of with- drawn products. The necessity of re-examining those provisions will have to be demonstrated on a case-by- case basis. (16) If, for a particular active substance, the requirements of the present Regulation concerning notification and submission of complete dossiers are not satisfied, inter- ested parties are not prevented from seeking inclusion of such active substances in Annex I to Directive 91/ 414/EEC, in accordance with the procedures under Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, at a later date. (17) A third stage of work is envisaged for all the active substances not covered by the first and second stage of the programme. Producers wishing to secure the inclu- sion of such active substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC should provide detailed information relating to the current stage of completeness of their dossiers and on the endpoints, which would be useful for further prioritisation of the work programme, and undertake to provide a full data package. It is also appropriate to indicate now the time limit for submission of the full data package. (18) (19) about future is necessary to inform the producers as early as It possible re-evaluation programme by publishing the active substances which will be included in the third stage of the programme in order to facilitate the submission of collective dossiers and the preparation of the necessary studies and data. stages of the In order to ensure the proper implementation of this work programme, a fee should be paid to the rapporteur Member States for the detailed evaluation of notifica- tions and dossiers. The cost structure in the Member States is not the same. It is therefore not possible to harmonise completely the amount of such fees. A fee should also be paid to the authority designated by the Commission to examine the notifications for the active substances covered by the third stage. (20) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/27 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS Article 1 Scope This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the imple- 1. mentation of the work the second and third stages of programme referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Directive’. 2. The second stage concerns the evaluation of the active substances listed in Annex I to this Regulation with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to the Directive. The third stage concerns the reporting of 3. the active substances referred to in Annex II to this Regulation with a view to their possible inclusion at a later stage in a subsequent priority list of active substances with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to the Directive. 4. Article 6(2), Article 6(3) and the second subparagraph of Article 6(4) of the Directive shall not apply to a substance listed in Annexes I and II to this Regulation as long as the procedures provided for in this Regulation with regard to that substance have not been finalised. 5. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to: (a) reviews by Member States to renewals of authorisations in accordance with Article 4(4) of the Directive; in particular pursuant — for active substances for which a joint notification or joint dossier is submitted, the association of producers established within the Community and designated by the producers referred to in the first or second indent for the purpose of compliance with this Regulation; (b) ‘manufacturer’ means the person who manufactures the active substance on his own or who contracts out to another party the manufacturing of the active substance on his behalf; (c) ‘committee’ means the Standing Committee on Plant Health, referred to in Article 19 of the Directive. Article 3 Member State authority 1. Member States shall allocate responsibility for the imple- mentation of their obligations under the work programme referred to in Article 8(2) of the Directive to an authority or authorities. In each Member State one authority, which is referred to 2. in Annex III, shall coordinate and ensure all necessary contacts with producers, other Member States and the Commission pursuant to this Regulation. Each Member State shall inform the Commission and the designated coordinating authority of each other Member State of any modifications to the commu- nicated coordinating authority. concerning designated details the CHAPTER 2 SECOND STAGE OF THE WORK PROGRAMME (b) reviews by the Commission pursuant to Article 5(5) of the Directive; (c) assessments carried out under Directive 79/117/EEC. Article 4 Notification Article 2 Definitions 1. For the purpose of this Regulation, plant protection prod- ucts, substances, active substances, preparations and author- isations of plant protection products shall have the meanings defined in Article 2 of the Directive. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following defini- 2. tions shall also apply: (a) ‘producer’ means: — for active substances produced within the Community, the manufacturer or a person established within the Community designated by the manufacturer as his sole representative for the purpose of compliance with this Regulation, — for active substances produced outside the Community, the person established within the Community and designated by the manufacturer as his sole repres- entative within the Community for the purpose of compliance with this Regulation, 1. Any producer wishing to secure the inclusion of an active substance referred to in Annex I to this Regulation, or any variants thereof such as salts, esters or amines, in Annex I to the Directive shall so notify, for each active substance sepa- rately, the rapporteur Member State designated in Annex I to this Regulation within six months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 2. Notification must be made on paper and sent by regis- tered mail to the coordinating authority in the rapporteur Member State, referred to in Annex III to this Regulation, in accordance with the model notification as shown in Part 1 of Annex IV to this Regulation. A copy of the notification shall be to the European Commission, Health and Consumer sent Protection DG, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels. 3. Any producer who has not notified any given active substance referred to in paragraph 1 within the time limit referred to in that paragraph or whose notification was rejected in accordance with the provisions of Article 5(2) shall be permitted to participate in this programme only collectively with one or more notifiers of the active substance, whose notification was accepted in accordance with Article 5(2), in submitting a joint dossier. L 55/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Article 5 Commission and the other Members States as soon as possible, citing the reasons for its intended action. Examination of notifications and request for submission of dossiers to designated rapporteur Member States 1. For each active substance for which a Member State has been designated rapporteur, it shall examine the notifications referred to in Article 4(2) and, at the latest three months after the time limit referred to in Article 4(1), report to the Commis- sion on the admissibility of the notifications received taking into account the criteria as referred to in Annex V, Part 1. 2. The Commission shall refer the reports referred to in paragraph 1 within three months from the receipt thereof to further examination concerning their the committee for admissibility, taking into account the criteria as referred to in Annex V, Part 1. Following that examination, a regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19 of the Directive establishing the list of active substances, adopted for evaluation with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to the Directive. Only active substances for which at least one notification was considered admissible in accordance with the provisions of the first subparagraph shall be included in that Regulation. In the list referred to in paragraph 2, certain active 3. substances with similar structures or chemical properties may be grouped together; if an active substance has been notified with different compositions which may lead to different toxico- logical properties or have different environmental effects, those compositions may be listed separately. For each active substance adopted for assessment, the 4. Regulation referred to in paragraph 2 shall specify: (a) the names and addresses of all notifiers who have made notifications in accordance with Article 4(1) and (2) and which have been considered to be admissible following their examination in accordance with the first subpara- graph of paragraph 2; (b) the name of the Member State designated as rapporteur; this will be the same Member State as the one designated in Annex I unless an imbalance has become apparent in the number of active substances attributed to the different Member States; (c) the time limit for the submission to the rapporteur Member State of the dossiers referred to in Article 6, which shall be a period of 12 months; (d) the same time limit for the submission to the rapporteur Member States by any interested parties of relevant infor- mation which may contribute to the evaluation, in partic- ular with regard to the potentially dangerous effects of the active substance or its residues on human and animal health and on the environment. 5. From the time of the adoption of the Regulation referred to in paragraph 2, if a Member State envisages taking action to withdraw from the market or to restrict severely the use of a plant protection product containing an active substance listed in that Regulation, where that action is based on information contained in the dossiers referred to in Article 6 or the report inform the referred to in Article 8, the Member State shall 6. When, during the assessment and evaluation referred to in Articles 6 and 7, an imbalance becomes apparent in the responsibilities borne by the Member States as rapporteurs, it may be decided, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19 of the Directive, to replace a Member State originally designated as rapporteur for a particular active substance by another Member State. In such cases, the original rapporteur Member State shall inform the notifiers concerned and shall transfer to the newly designated rapporteur Member State all correspondence and information which it has received as rapporteur Member State for the active substance concerned. The original Member State shall return the fee referred to in Article 12, except the part referred to in Article 12(2)(d) to the notifiers concerned. The newly designated rapporteur Member State shall then require the notifiers to pay the fee referred to in Article 12, except the part referred to in Article 12(2)(d). 7. When a notifier decides to end its participation in the work programme for an active substance, he shall inform at the same time the rapporteur Member State, the Commission and the other notifiers concerned, for mentioning the reasons. Where a notifier ends his participation or fails to fulfil his obligations provided for in this Regulation, the procedures provided for in Article 7 or Article 8 shall not be continued for his dossier. substance the When a notifier agrees with another producer that the notifier shall be replaced for the purposes of further participation in the work programmes under this Regulation, the notifier and the other producer shall inform the rapporteur Member State and the Commission by a common declaration, agreeing that the other producer shall replace the original notifier in carrying out the notifier's duties as set out in Articles 6, 7 and 8; they shall ensure that the other notifiers for the substance concerned are informed at the same time. In such a case, the other producer may be liable for any fees remaining payable under the regime established by the rapporteur Member State pursuant to Article 12. Article 6 Submission of dossiers by notifiers 1. Within the time limit referred to in Article 5(4)(c), for each active substance the notifiers specified in the Regulation referred to in that Article shall, individually or collectively, submit to the designated authority of the rapporteur Member State for any given active substance the complete dossier referred to in paragraph 3, including the summary dossier referred to in paragraph 2. Where for any substance the Regulation referred to in Article 5 indicates several notifications, the notifiers concerned shall take all reasonable steps to present collectively the dossiers as referred to in the first subparagraph. Where a dossier was not presented by all notifiers concerned, it shall mention the efforts made and the reasons why certain producers have not participated. 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/29 2. The summary dossier shall include the following: (a) a copy of the notification; in the case of a joint application made by several producers, a copy of the notifications made in accordance with Article 4 and the name of the person designated by the producers concerned as being responsible for the joint dossier and the processing of the dossier in accordance with this Regulation; (b) a limited range of representative uses of the active substance for which it has to be demonstrated by the notifier, on the basis of the data submitted, that for one or more preparations the requirements of the Directive in relation to the criteria referred to in Article 5 thereof can be met; (c) — for each point of Annex II to the Directive, the summa- ries and results of studies and trials, and the name of the person or institute that has carried out the trials, to the assessment of — the same information for each point of Annex III to the Directive relevant the criteria referred to in Article 5 of the Directive for one or more preparations which are representative for the uses referred to in subparagraph (b) taking into account the fact that data gaps in the information of the Annex II dossier resulting from the proposed limited range of representative uses of the active substance may lead to restrictions in the inclusion in Annex I to the Directive, — for studies not yet fully completed, the evidence that these studies have been commissioned at the latest three months after the entry into force of this Regula- tion with an undertaking that they will be submitted at the latest within 12 months after the time limit referred to in Article 5(4)(c); (d) a check by the notifier of the completeness of the dossier. 3. The complete dossier shall contain physically the indi- vidual test and study reports concerning all the information referred to in paragraph 2(c), or the protocols and the under- takings referred to in paragraph 2(c) where work is in progress. 4. Member States shall determine the number of copies and the format of the dossiers referred to to in paragraphs 2 and 3 to be submitted by the notifiers. In determining the format of the dossier, Member States shall take the utmost account of the recommendations made by the Commission in the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health. the dossiers for any given active substance, 5. Where, referred to in paragraph 1 are not sent within the time limit referred to in Article 5 (4)(c), the rapporteur Member State shall inform the Commission at the latest within three months, giving the reasons pleaded by the notifiers. 6. On the basis of the report of the rapporteur Member State referred to in paragraph 5, a new time limit shall only be established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19 of the Directive in the Regulation referred to in Article 5 for the submission of a dossier fulfilling the require- ments of paragraphs 2 and 3 where the delay is demonstrated to have been caused by force majeure. fourth subparagraph, of After that examination, the Commission shall decide, as 7. provided for in Article 8(2), the Directive, not to include in Annex I to the Directive an active substance for which no notification or no dossier has been submitted within the prescribed time limit mentioning the reasons for the non-inclusion. Member States shall withdraw by 25 July 2003 authorisations of plant protection products containing those active substances. Article 7 Completeness check of dossiers For each active substance for which it has been desig- 1. nated rapporteur, the Member State shall: (a) examine the dossiers referred to in Article 6(2) and (3) and assess the completeness check(s) provided by the notifiers; (b) at the latest six months after the receipt of all dossiers for an active substance, report to the Commission on the completeness of the dossiers; for those active substances for which one or more dossiers are considered to be complete within the meaning of Article 6(2) and (3), the rapporteur Member State shall perform the evaluation as referred to in Article 8, unless the Commission informs the rapporteur Member State within two months that the dossier is not to be considered complete. For those active substances for which the dossier is to be completed, as provided for under Article 6(2)(c), third indent, the report must confirm the date by which the dossier is to be completed and from which the evaluation as referred to in Article 8 will begin. For 2. those active substances for which a rapporteur Member State or the Commission consider that no dossier is complete within the meaning of Article 6(2) and (3), the Commission shall, within three months after the receipt of the report of the rapporteur Member State referred to in paragraph (1)(b), refer that report to the committee. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19 of the Directive it shall be decided whether a dossier is considered complete within the meaning of Article 6(2) and (3). Where the dossier is consid- ered complete, the rapporteur Member State shall perform the evaluation referred to in Article 8. fourth subparagraph, of After that examination, the Commission shall decide, as 3. provided for in Article 8(2), the Directive, not to include in Annex I to the Directive active substances for which no complete dossier has been submitted within the prescribed time limit mentioning the reasons for the non-inclusion. Member States shall withdraw by 25 July 2003 authorisations of plant protection products containing those active substances. L 55/30 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Article 8 Evaluation of dossiers by rapporteur Member States and the Commission information available 1. The rapporteur Member State shall evaluate and report only on those dossiers which are considered to be complete within the meaning of Article 6(2) and (3). It shall for the other dossiers check the identity and impurities of the active substance. The rapporteur Member State shall take into consid- eration the in the other dossiers submitted by a notifier or by any interested party in accordance with the provisions of Article 5(4)(d). It shall send to the Commission as quickly as possible, and at the latest 12 months after the dossier has been considered to be complete, a report on its evaluation of the dossier. The report shall be presented in the format recommended by the Commission in the frame- work of the Standing Committee on Plant Health and shall include a recommendation: — either to include the active substance in Annex I to the Directive stating the conditions for inclusion, — or not to include the active substance in Annex I to the Directive, mentioning the reasons for the non-inclusion. The rapporteur Member State shall in particular include in the report a reference to each test and study report for each point of Annex II and Annex III to the Directive relied on for the assessment in the form of a list of test and study reports including the title, the author(s), the date of the study or test report and the date of publication, the standard to which the test or study was conducted, the holder's name and, if any, the claim made by the holder or notifier for data protection. It the active the other shall also mention for substances for which the dossier was considered not to be complete whether such active substances are comparable within the meaning of Article 13(5) of the Directive. it can be concluded that sources of 2. Without prejudice to Article 7 of the Directive, submis- sion of new studies shall not be accepted, except for the studies as referred to in Article 6(2)(c), third indent. The rapporteur Member State may request the notifiers to submit further data which are necessary to clarify the dossier. The request by the rapporteur Member State for the submission of further data necessary to clarify the dossier shall not affect the time limit for the submission of the report referred to in paragraph 1. The rapporteur Member State may, from the start of the exam- ination, consult with experts from one or several Member States and may request additional technical or scientific infor- mation from other Member States in order to assist the evalu- ation. The rapporteur Member State shall ensure that notifiers submit the updated summary dossiers to the Commission and the other Member States at the same time as the rapporteur's report of the evaluation of the updated dossiers is sent to the Commission. The Member States or the Commission may request through the rapporteur Member State that notifiers also send them the updated complete dossiers or parts thereof. 3. After receiving the summary dossier and the report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall refer the dossier and the report to the Standing Committee on Plant Health for examination. Before referring the dossier and the report to the Committee, the Commission shall circulate the rapporteur's report to the Member States for information and may organise a consulta- tion of experts from one or several Member States. The Commission may consult some or all of the notifiers of active substances specified in the Regulation referred to in Article 5(2) on the report or parts of the report on the relevant active substance. The rapporteur Member State shall ensure the neces- sary technical and scientific assistance during these consulta- tions. Without prejudice to Article 7 of the Directive, submission of new studies will not be accepted except for the studies as referred to in Article 6(2)(c), third indent. The rapporteur Member State, after consultation with the Commission, may request the notifiers to submit further data necessary to clarify the dossier. shall The Commission scientific consult committee(s) on any matters relating to health and the environ- ment before submitting to the committee the draft directive or draft decision referred to in paragraph 4. relevant the The rapporteur Member State shall make available on specific request or keep available for consultation by interested parties the following: (a) the information referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, except for the elements thereof which have been accepted as confidential in accordance with Article 14 of the Directive; (b) the name of the active substance; (c) the content of the pure active substance in the manufac- tured material; (d) the list of any data required for consideration of the possible inclusion of the active substance in Annex I to the Directive, first as contained in the rapporteur's report and secondly as finalised after consultation by the Commission, where appropriate, of the experts referred to in the second subparagraph. 4. After the examination referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission shall, without prejudice to any proposal it may submit with a view to amending the Annex to Directive 79/ 117/EEC, adopt in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19 of the Directive: (a) a directive serving to include the active substance in Annex I to the Directive, setting out where appropriate the condi- tions, including the time limit, for such inclusion; or (b) a decision addressed to the Member States withdrawing the authorisations of plant protection products containing the active substance, pursuant to the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) of the Directive, whereby that active substance is not included in Annex I to the Directive, mentioning the reasons for the non-inclusion. 5. When the Commission submits to the committee the draft directive or draft decision referred to in paragraph 4, it shall at the same time present the conclusions of the commit- tee's examination in the format of an up-dated review report to be noted in the summary record of the meeting. 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/31 The review report, excluding any parts which refer to confiden- tial information contained in the dossiers and determined as such in accordance with Article 14 of the Directive, shall be made available by each Member State on specific request, or shall be kept available for consultation by interested parties. Article 9 Suspension of evaluation referred to in paragraph 3, a later time limit may be established in exceptional cases for the results of long-term studies, not expected to be fully completed by that date, provided that the data package contains: — evidence that such studies have been commissioned at the latest within 12 months of the date of the entry into force of this Regulation, — a due scientific justification, — the protocol and a progress report of the study. Where, in respect of a substance mentioned in Annex I to this Regulation, the Commission presents a proposal for a total prohibition under Directive 79/117/EEC, the time limits provided for in this Regulation shall be suspended until a decision on that proposal has been taken. Where the Council decides on the total prohibition of the substance under Directive 79/117/EEC, the procedure under this Regulation shall be terminated. 5. Any producer who has not notified any given active substance referred to in paragraph 1 within the time limits referred to in paragraph 2 or whose notification was rejected in accordance with Article 11 will be permitted to participate in the review programme only collectively with one or more notifiers of the active substance, whose notification was consid- ered admissible in accordance with Article 11, in submitting a joint dossier. CHAPTER 3 Article 11 THIRD STAGE OF THE WORK PROGRAMME Examination of notifications Article 10 Notification 1. Any producer wishing to secure the inclusion of an active substance referred to in Annex II to this Regulation, in Annex I to the Directive shall so notify the body referred to in Annex VII to this Regulation. The Commission shall give regular follow-up of the tasks mentioned in Annex VII to this Regula- tion entrusted to the body referred to in that Annex. In accord- ance with the procedure laid down in Article 19 of the Directive it may be decided to designate another body if it appears that the tasks are not adequately performed. Notifications shall be submitted for each active substance 2. separately, as follows: (a) within three months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, a first notification in accordance with Section 1 of the model notification as shown in Annex IV, Part 2 hereto; and (b) within nine months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, a second notification in accordance with Sections 1 and 2 of the model notification as shown in Annex IV, Part 2 hereto, including a written commitment to present a complete dossier. Detailed provisions concerning the submission of such 3. dossiers, the time limit(s) for their submission and the fee regime for the active substances concerned shall be established by the Commission in a Regulation to be adopted in accord- ance with Article 8(2), second subparagraph, of the Directive. 4. The time limit for the submission of a full data package shall be 25 May 2003 at the latest. The full data package shall contain physically the individual test and study reports concerning all the information referred to in Article 6(2)(c), in the Regulation first and second indents. Nevertheless, 1. The Commission shall, within three months after the time limit referred to in Article 10(2)(b), inform the committee of the notifications received in time. At the latest eight months after the receipt of the notifications, the commission will report to the Committee for further examination on the admissibility of the notifications received taking into account the criteria as referred to in Annex V, Part 2. 2. The Commission shall decide, as provided for in Article 8(2), fourth subparagraph of the Directive, not to include in Annex I to the Directive active substances referred to in Annex II to this Regulation for which no admissible notification or no full data package has been submitted within the prescribed time limit mentioning the reasons for the non-inclusion. Member States shall withdraw by 25 July 2003 authorisations of active substances. containing protection products those plant CHAPTER 4 FEES Article 12 Fees for the second priority list 1. Member States shall establish a regime obliging the noti- fiers to pay a fee for the administrative treatment and the evaluation of notifications as well as the dossiers related thereto, which have been submitted to them in accordance with Article 4 or Article 6 in each case where the Member State has been designated as the rapporteur Member State. 2. For this purpose, the Member States shall: (a) require the payment of a fee for each notification, whether introduced by one notifier or collectively by several inter- ested notifiers, as well as for each submission of a dossier related thereto; L 55/32 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 (b) ensure that the amount of the fee is established in a trans- parent manner with a view to corresponding to the real cost of the examination and administrative treatment of a notification and a dossier; however, Member States may provide for a scale of fixed charges based on average costs for the calculation of the total fee; (c) ensure that the fee is received in accordance with the instructions given by the organisation in each Member State listed in Annex VI and that the income from the fee is used to finance exclusively the costs actually incurred by the rapporteur Member State for the evaluation and administrative treatment of the notifications and the dossiers for which that Member State is rapporteur or to finance general actions for the implementation of its obli- gations as rapporteur Member State resulting from Article 7 or Article 8; (d) require that a first part of the fee, covering the costs of the rapporteur Member State's obligations resulting from Article 5(1) and Article 7, is paid at the time of the sub- mission of the notification referred to in Article 4; this part shall not be refundable under any circumstances. Article 13 Fees for the notification for the third stage of the work programme Any producers submitting a notification in accordance with Article 10 shall at the time of the submission of their first notification, as referred to in Article 10(2)(a), pay a fee of EUR 5 000 for each active substance to the body referred to in Annex VII. The fee shall be used to finance exclusively the costs actually incurred for the tasks referred to in Annex VII. Article 14 Other charges, levies or fees Articles 12 and 13 are without prejudice to Member States' rights to maintain or introduce, in accordance with the Treaty, charges, levies or fees with regard to the authorisation, placing on the market, use and control of active substances and plant protection products other than the fee provided for in Articles 12 and 13. CHAPTER 5 FINAL PROVISIONS Article 15 Temporary measures The Commission shall report to the committee on the conclu- sions of its progress report, referred to in Article 8(2), third subparagraph, of the Directive. If necessary and on a case-by-case basis, the Commission may take appropriate temporary measures as provided for by Article 8(2), third subparagraph, of the Directive for uses for which additional technical evidence has been provided demonstrating the essential need for further use of the active substance and that there is no efficient alternative. Article 16 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 February 2000. For the Commission David BYRNE Member of the Commission 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/33 List of active substances to be covered by the second stage of the work programme provided for in Article 8(2) of the Directive with the designated rapporteur Member State ANNEX I Name PART A: ANTICHOLINESTERASE ACTIVE SUBSTANCES Organophosphates Rapporteur Member State Azamethiphos Ampropylfos Bromophos Bromophos-ethyl Cadusafos Carbophenothion Chlorfenvinphos Tetrachlorvinphos Chlormephos Chlorthiophos Demeton-S-methyl Demeton-S-methyl-sulphone Oxydemeton-methyl Dialifos Diazinon Dichlofenthion Dichlorvos Dicrotophos Monocrotophos Dimefox Dimethoate Omethoate Formothion Dioxathion Disulfoton Ditalimfos Ethephon Ethion Ethoate-methyl Ethoprophos Etrimfos Fenamiphos Fenitrothion Fonofos Isazofos Isoxathion Heptenophos Idofenphos Isofenphos Malathion Mecarbam Mephosfolan Methidathion Mevinphos United Kingdom Sweden Austria Austria Greece Luxembourg Italy Italy Spain Spain France France France France Portugal The Netherlands Italy Italy Italy Germany United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom France Greece Austria The Netherlands France Italy United Kingdom United Kingdom The Netherlands Denmark Ireland France Spain Austria France Austria Finland Spain Ireland Portugal Sweden L 55/34 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Organophosphates Rapporteur Member State Naled Phorate Phosalone Phosmet Phosphamidon Phoxim Pirimiphos-ethyl Pirimiphos-methyl Profenofos Propetamphos Prothiofos Prothoate Pyraclofos Pyridaphenthion Quinalphos Sulprofos Sulfotep Temephos Terbufos Thiometon Thionazin Tolclofos-methyl Triazophos Trichlorfon Trichloronat Vamidothion Bendiocarb Benfuracarb Carbofuran Carbosulfan Furathiocarb Butocarboxim Butoxycarboxim Carbaryl Dioxacarb Ethiofencarb Formetanate Methiocarb Methomyl Thiodicarb Oxamyl Pirimicarb Promecarb Propamocarb Prothiocarb Propoxur Thiofanox Triazamate France United Kingdom Austria Spain Germany Belgium United Kingdom United Kingdom Germany Luxembourg Spain Greece Spain Italy France Spain Finland Ireland Austria The Netherlands Italy The Netherlands Greece Portugal Finland Portugal Carbamates Rapporteur Member State United Kingdom Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Germany Germany Spain Denmark Germany Italy Germany United Kingdom United Kingdom Ireland Portugal Portugal Sweden Sweden Belgium France United Kingdom 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/35 1,3-dichloropropene 1,3-dichloropropene (cis) Captan Folpet Clodinafop Clopyralid Cyanazine Cyprodinil Dichlorprop Dichlorprop-P Dimethenamid Dimethomorph Diuron Fipronil Fosetyl Glufosinate Haloxyfop Haloxyfop-R Metconazole Methoxychlor Metolachlor Metribuzin Prometryn Pyrimethanil Rimsulfuron Terbutryne Tolylfluanid Tribenuron Triclopyr Trifluralin Trinexapac Triticonazole Barban Bromocyclen Bronopol Chloral-semi-acetal Chloral-bis-acylal Chlorfenprop Chlorobenzilate Chloroxuron P-chloronitrobenzene DADZ(Zinc-diethyldithiocarbamate) Di-allate Difenoxuron (2-dithiocyanomethylthio)benzothiazol Fluorodifen Furfural PART B Spain Spain Italy Italy The Netherlands Finland Sweden France Denmark Denmark Germany Germany Denmark France France Sweden Denmark Denmark Belgium Italy Belgium Germany Greece Portugal Germany Germany Finland Sweden Ireland Greece The Netherlands Austria PART C Belgium Denmark Germany Germany Germany Greece Spain Spain Spain France France Ireland Italy Italy Luxembourg L 55/36 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Isocarbamide Naphthylacetic acid hydrazide Noruron Pentachlorophenol 4-t-pentylphenol Propazine Sodium diacetoneketogulonate Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate 2,4,5-T The Netherlands Austria Portugal Finland Sweden United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom France 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/37 ANNEX II Active substances covered by the third stage of the work programme provided for in Article 8(2) of the Directive All active substances (including any variants thereof such as salts, esters or amines) that were on the market before 25 July 1993 with the exception of the following active substances: 1. the active substances listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92; 2. the active substances listed in Annex I to this Regulation; 3. active substances which are micro-organisms including viruses; 4. active substances of which the use is authorised in human foodstuffs or animal feeding stuffs in accordance with EU legislation; 5. active substances which are plant extracts; 6. active substances which are animal products or derived thereof by simple processing; 7. active substances which are or will be exclusively used as attractants or repellants (including pheromones). Active substances which are or will be exclusively used in traps and/or dispenses, in conformity with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (1) concerning organic farming; 8. active substances which are or will be exclusively used as rodenticides; 9. active substances which are or will exclusively be used on stored plants or plant products; 10. the following commodity substances: aluminium sulphate calcium chloride CO 2 EDTA and salts thereof ethanol grease (bands, fruit trees) fatty alcohols iron sulphate lime phosphate lime sulphur nitrogen paraffin oil petroleum oils potassium permanganate propionic acid resins and polymers sodium chloride sodium hydroxide sulphur and sulphur dioxide sulphuric acid waxes. (1) OJ L 36, 10. 2. 1998, p. 16. L 55/38 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 ANNEX III Coordinating authority in the Member States AUSTRIA Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum für Landwirtschaft Spargelfeldstraße 191 A-1226 Wien BELGIUM Ministère des classes moyennes et de l'agriculture, Service ‘Qualité des matières premières et analyses’ WTC 3, 8e étage Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30 B-1000 Bruxelles Ministerie van Middenstand en Landbouw Dienst Kwaliteit van de grondstoffen en analyses WTC 3, 8e verdieping Simon Bolivarlaan 30 B-1000 Brussel DENMARK Ministry of Environment and Energy Danish Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Division Strandgade 29 DK-1401 Copenhagen K GERMANY Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft (BBA) Abteilung für Pflanzenschutzmittel und Anwendungstechnik (AP) Messeweg 11-12 D-38104 Braunschweig GREECE Hellenic Republic Ministry of Agriculture General Directorate of Plant Produce Directorate of Plant Produce Protection Department of Pesticides 3-4 Hippokratous Street GR-10164 Athens SPAIN Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación Dirección General de Agricultura Subdirección General de Medios de Producción Agrícolas c/Ciudad de Barcelona, 118-120 E-28007 Madrid FINLAND Plant Production Inspection Centre Pesticide Division P. O. BOX 42 FIN-00501 Helsinki FRANCE Ministère de l'agriculture Service de la protection des végétaux 251, rue de Vaugirard F-75732 Paris Cedex 15 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/39 IRELAND Pesticide Control Service Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Abbotstown Laboratory Complex Abbotstown, Castleknock Dublin 15 Ireland ITALY Ministero della Sanità Dipartimento degli Alimenti, Nutrizione e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria Ufficio XIV Piazza G. Marconi, 25 I-00144 Roma LUXEMBOURG Administration des services techniques de l'agriculture Service de la protection des végétaux Boîte postale 1904 16, route d'Esch L-1019 Luxembourg NETHERLANDS College voor de Toelating van Bestrijdingsmiddelen Postbus 217 6700 AE Wageningen Nederland PORTUGAL Direcção-Geral de Protecção das Culturas, Quinta do Marquês P-2780-155 Oeiras SWEDEN Kemikalieinspektionen Box 1384 S-171 27 Solna UNITED KINGDOM Pesticides Safety Directorate Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Mallard House Kings Pool 3 Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX United Kingdom L 55/40 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 ANNEX IV PART 1 Notification of an active substance according to Article 4 MODEL The notification must be made on paper and sent by registered mail. The notification shall contain the following information: 1. Identification data on the notifier 1. 1. Manufacturer of the active substance as defined in Article 2(2)(a) (name, address, including location of plant): 1. 2. Name and address of the producer as defined in Article 2(2)(a) including the name of the (physical) person responsible for the notification and further engagements resulting from this Regulation: 1. 2. 1. (a) Telephone No: (b) Fax No: (c) E-mail address: 1. 2. 2. (a) Contact: (b) Alternative: 2. Information to facilitate identification 2. 1. Common name (proposed or ISO-accepted) specifying, where relevant, any variants thereof such as salts, esters or amines produced by the manufacturer: 2. 2. Chemical name (IUPAC and CAS nomenclature): 2. 3. CAS, CIPAC and EEC numbers (if available): 2. 4. Empirical and structural formula, molecular mass: 2. 5. Specification of purity of the active substance in g/kg or g/l as appropriate: 2. 6. Classification and labelling of the active substance in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 67/548/EEC (health and environment effects) (OJ 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1): 3. Undertaking The notifier undertakes to submit to the designated coordinating authority of the designated rapporteur Member State the dossiers as set out in Article 6 of this Regulation within the time limit provided for in the regulation to be adopted according to Article 5(2). Whenever this Regulation mentions several notifiers for this active substance, the notifier agrees to make all reasonable efforts to present a single dossier collectively with the other notifiers. The notifier undertakes to pay the remaining part of the fee as provided for in Article 12(2) in accordance with the instructions given by the organisation of the designated rapporteur Member State referred to in Annex VI at the time of the submission of the full dossier for active substances covered by the regulation meant in Article 5(2). In case a new rapporteur Member State is designated in accordance with Article 5(6), the notifier undertakes to pay the remaining part of the fee as provided for in Article 12(2) to the newly designated rapporteur Member State in accordance with the instructions given by the organisation of the newly designated rapporteur Member State referred to in Annex VI. The notifier confirms that he has paid the first part of the fee as provided for in Article 12(2)(d) at the time of the submission of the notification in accordance with the instructions of the organisation of the designated rapporteur Member State referred to in Annex VI, or undertakes to pay it immediately where the designated rapporteur Member State has instructed him to wait with the payment until requested to do so. The notifier declares that an authorisation by the manufacturer to act as his sole representative for the purpose of complying with this Regulation is enclosed if necessary. The notifier confirms that the above information submitted on. (date) is honest and correct. Signature (of the person competent to act for the company mentioned under 1. 1) 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/41 Notification of an active substance according to Article 10 PART 2 The notification shall be presented in two sections: MODEL Sections 1 and 2 have to be submitted both on paper and as a computer readable file. The detailed format will be defined by the body designated in Annex VII in consultation with the Commission. Reference No: 1. Identification data on the notifier SECTION 1 1. 1. Manufacturer of the active substance as defined in Article 2(2)(a) (name, address, including location of plant): 1. 2. Name and address of the producer as defined in Article 2(2)(a) including the name of the (physical) person responsible for the notification and further engagements resulting from this Regulation: 1. 2. 1. (a) Telephone No: (b) Fax No: (c) E-mail address: 1. 2. 2. (a) Contact: (b) Alternative: 2. Information to facilitate identification 2. 1. Common name (proposed or ISO-accepted) specifying, where relevant, any variants thereof such as salts, esters or amines produced by the manufacturer: 2. 2. Chemical name (IUPAC and CAS nomenclature): 2. 3. CAS, CIPAC and EEC numbers (if available): 2. 4. Empirical and structural formula, molecular mass: 2. 5. Specification of purity of the active substance in g/kg or g/l as appropriate: 2. 6. Classification and labelling of the active substance in accordance with the provisions of Directive 67/548/EEC (health and environment effects): 3. Undertaking The notifier confirms that the information submitted in Section 2, points 3 and 8, of the notification is based on studies which are available to the notifier and which will be submitted to the rapporteur Member State as part of the dossier referred to in Article 11(3). The notifier undertakes to submit to the designated coordinating authority of the designated rapporteur Member State the dossiers within the time limit provided for in the Regulation to be adopted according to Article 10(3) of this Regulation. Whenever this Regulation mentions several notifiers for this active substance, the notifier agrees to make all reasonable efforts to present a single dossier collectively with the other notifiers. The notifier undertakes to pay a fee as provided for in Article 13 at the time of the submission of the notification to the body designated in Annex VII. The notifier declares that he is aware that he will be charged a fee by a designated rapporteur Member State at the time of the submission of the full dossier for active substances covered by the Regulation meant in Article 11. The notifier confirmes that the above information and the information which is submitted on. (date) as Section 2 is honest and correct. The notifier declares that an authorisation by the manufacturer to act as his sole representative for the purpose of complying with this Regulation is inclosed if necessary. Signature (of the person competent to act for the company mentioned under 1. 1) L 55/42 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Reference No: SECTION 2 The notifier has to resubmit in points 1 and 2 the same information as already submitted as part of his notification in accordance with Section 1, points 1 and 2. Changes, if any, should be clearly marked. 1. Identification data on the notifier 1. 1. Manufacturer of the active substance as defined in Article 2(2)(a) (name, address, including location of plant): 1. 2. Name and address of the producer as defined in Article 2(2)(a) including the name of the (physical) person responsible for the notification and further engagements resulting from this Regulation: 1. 2. 1. (a) Telephone No: (b) Fax No: (c) E-mail address: 1. 2. 2. (a) Contact: (b) Alternative: 2. Information to facilitate identification 2. 1. Common name (proposed or ISO-accepted) specifying, where relevant, any variants thereof such as salts, esters or amines produced by the manufacturer: 2. 2. Chemical name (IUPAC and CAS nomenclature): 2. 3. CAS, CIPAC and EEC numbers (if available): 2. 4. Empirical and structural formula, molecular mass: 2. 5. Specification of purity of the active substance in g/kg or g/l as appropriate: 2. 6. Classification and lebelling of the active substance in accordance with the provisions of Directive 67/548/EEC (health and environment effects): 3. Completeness check A completeness check has to be presented in the format recommended at the time of entry into force of this Regulation by the Commission in the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health for each point of Annex II and Annex III to the Directive relevant for the limited range of representative uses of the active substance for which the notifier intends to demonstrate, on the basis of the data that will be submitted, the acceptability in relation to the assessment of the criteria referred to in Article 5 of the Directive for one or more preparations. The notifier has to identify these representative uses. 4. List of available studies — A list of all studies available to the notifier and which will be submitted to the rapporteur Member States as part of the dossier. — A detailed provisional plan including engagements for the performance of further studies in order to complete the dossier. — A separate list of all the studies performed since 1 August 1994 (with the exception of studies on efficacy referred to in Annex III, Section 6, of the Directive). 5. For each Member State a list of crops in which plant protection products containing the active substance are currently: authorised. 6. Date of the most recent review of the active substance in a Member State of the European Union. 7. Date of the most recent review of the active substance in an OECD country. 8. List of endpoints A list of all the following endpoints has to be presented relevant for the limited range of uses of the active substance for which it has to be demonstrated by the notifier, on the basis of the data that will be submitted, that for one or more preparations the requirements of the Directive in relation to the criteria referred to in its Article 5 can be met: 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/43 IDENTITY, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Common name (ISO) Chemical name (IUPAC) Chemical name (CA) CIPAC No CAS No EEC No FAO specification Minimum purity Molecular formula Molecular mass Structural formula Melting point Boiling point Appearance Relative density Vapour pressure Henry's law constant Solubility in water Solubility in organic solvents Partition coefficient (log P OW ) Hydrolytic stability (DT50) Dissociation constant Quantum yield of direct photo transformation in water at Σ > 290 nm Flammability Explosive properties UV/VIS absorption (max. ) Photostability (DT 50 ) Absorption, distribution, excretion and metabolism in mammals TOXICOLOGY AND METABOLISM Rate and extent of absorption Distribution Potential for accumulation Rate and extent of excretion Toxicologically significant compounds Metabolism in animals L 55/44 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Acute toxicity Rat oral (1) Rat LD 50 dermal Rat LC50 inhalation Skin irritation Eye irritation Skin sensitisation (test method used and result) Short term toxicity Target/critical effect Lowest relevant oral NOAEL/NOEL Lowest relevant dermal NOAEL/NOEL Lowest relevant inhalation NOAEL/NOEL Genotoxicity Long-term toxicity and carcinogenicity Target/critical effect Lowest relevant NOAEL Carcinogenicity Reproductive toxicity Target/critical effect — reproduction Lowest relevant reproductive NOAEL/NOEL Target/critical effect — developmental toxicity Lowest relevant developmental NOAEL/NOEL Delayed neurotoxicity Other toxicological studies Medical data (1) May include a point estimate or a range estimate. 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/45 Value Study Safety factor Summary ADI AOEL systemic AOEL inhalation AOEL dermal ArfD (acute reference dose) Dermal absorption FATE AND BEHAVIOUR IN THE ENVIRONMENT Fate and behaviour in soil Route of degradation Aerobic Mineralisation after 100 days Non-extractable residues after 100 days Relevant metabolites: name and/or code % of applied rate (range and maximum) Supplemental studies Anaerobic Soil photolysis Remarks Rate of degradation (1) Laboratory studies DT 50 lab (20 °C, aerobic) DT90lab (20 °C, aerobic) DT50lab (10 °C, aerobic) DT 50 lab (20 °C, anaerobic) (1) Specify method of calculation and order of reaction. L 55/46 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Field studies (1) DT 50f from soil dissipation studies DT90f from soil dissipation studies Soil accumulation studies Soil residue studies Remarks For example, effect of soil pH on degradation rate Adsorption/desorption K f Kd K oc PH dependence Mobility Laboratory studies Column leaching Aged residue leaching Field studies Lysimeter/field leaching studies Remarks Abiotic degradation Hydrolytic degradation Relevant metabolites Photolytic degradation Relevant metabolites (1) Specify country or region. Fate and behaviour in water 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/47 Biological degradation Readily biodegradable Water/sediment study: DT 50 water water DT90 DT50 whole system whole system DT90 Distribution in water/sediment systems (active substance) Distribution in water/sediment systems (metabolites) Accumulation in water and/or sediment Fate and behaviour in air ECOTOXICOLOGY Degradation in the saturated zone Remarks Volatility Vapour pressure Henry's law constant Photolytic degradation Direct photolysis in air Photochemical oxidative degradation in air DT50 Remarks Terrestrial vertebrates Acute toxicity to mammals Longterm toxicity to mammals Acute toxicity to birds Dietary toxicity to birds Reproductive toxicity to birds Semi-field/field study (1) Specify country or region. L 55/48 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Aquatic organisms Acute toxicity to fish Long-term toxicity to fish Bioaccumulation in fish Acute toxicity to invertebrates Chronic toxicity to invertebrates Acute toxicity to algae Acute toxicity to aquatic plants Chronic toxicity to sediment dwelling organisms Micro/mesocosm study Honeybees Acute oral toxicity Acute contact toxicity Semi-field/field study Other arthropod species (1) Test species Earthworms Acute toxicity Reproductive toxicity Field study Soil micro-organisms Nitrogen mineralisation Carbon mineralisation (1) Specify type of study: laboratory/extended laboratory/semi-field/field study. % effect 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/49 ANNEX V PART 1 Criteria for the admissibility of notifications referred to in Article 4 A notification will only be considered admissible if the following conditions are satisfied: 1. 2. it is presented within the time limit referred to in Article 4(1); it is introduced by a notifier who is a producer as defined in Article 2(2)(a) for an active substance as defined by the Directive; 3. it is presented in the format as provided for in Annex IV, Part 1; 4. a fee as referred to in Article 12(2)(d) has been paid. PART 2 Criteria for the admissibility of notifications referred to in Article 10 A notification will only be considered admissible if the following conditions are satisfied: 1. 2. 3. 4. it is presented within the time limit referred to in Article 10(2); it is introduced by a notifier who is a producer as defined in Article 2(2)(a) for an active substance as defined by the Directive; it is presented in the format as provided for in Annex IV, Part 2; it appears from the completeness check that the dossier currently available is sufficiently complete or a time plan to complete it is proposed; 5. the list of endpoints is sufficiently complete; 6. a fee as referred to in Article 13 has been paid. L 55/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 Organisations in the Member States to be contacted concerning further details on the payment of the fees referred to in Article 12 and to which such fees have to be paid ANNEX VI AUSTRIA Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum für Landwirtschaft Spargelfeldstraße 191 A-1226 Wien BELGIUM Fonds budgétaire des matières premières Ministère des classes moyennes et de l'agriculture Inspection générale des matières premières et produits transformés, WTC 3 Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30 B-1000 Bruxelles Account number 679-2005985-25 (Banque de la Poste) Begrotingsfonds voor de grondstoffen Ministerie van Middenstand en Landbouw Inspectie-generaal Grondstoffen en verwerkte producten, WTC 3 Simon Bolivarlaan 30 B-1000 Brussel Account number 679-2005985-25 (Bank van De Post) DENMARK Ministry of Environment and Energy Danish Environmental Protection Agency Strandgade 29 DK-1401 Copenhagen K GERMANY Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft Abteilung für Pflanzenschutzmittel und Anwendungstechnik Messeweg 11-12 D-38104 Braunschweig GREECE Hellenic Republic Ministry of Agriculture General Directorate of Plant Produce Directorate of Plant Produce Protection Department of Pesticides 3-4 Hippokratous Street GR-10164 Athens SPAIN Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación Dirección General de Agricultura Subdirección General de Medios de Producción Agrícolas c/Ciudad de Barcelona, 118-120 ES-28007 Madrid FINLAND Plant Production Inspection Centre Pesticide Division P. O. Box 42 FIN-00501 Helsinki Bank and account: Leonia Bank plc PSP BFIHH 800015-18982 29. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/51 FRANCE Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche Bureau de la réglementation des produits antiparasitaires 251, rue de Vaugirard F-75732 Paris Cedex 15 IRELAND Pesticide Control Service Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Abbotstown Laboratory Complex Abbotstown, Castleknock Dublin 15 Ireland ITALY Tesoreria Provinciale dello Stato di Viterbo post current account n. 11281011 LUXEMBOURG Administration des services techniques de l'agriculture Boîte postale 1904 L-1019 Luxembourg NETHERLANDS College voor de Toelating van Bestrijdingsmiddelen Postbus 217 6700 AE Wageningen Nederland PORTUGAL Direcção-Geral de Protecção das Culturas, Quinta do Marquês P-2780-155 Oeiras Account number: 003505840003800793097 Bank: Caixa Geral de Depósitos SWEDEN Kemikalieinspektionen Box 1384 S-171 27 Solna National Giro Account: 4465054-7 UNITED KINGDOM Pesticides Safety Directorate Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Mallard House Kings Pool 3 Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX United Kingdom L 55/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 2000 ANNEX VII Designated body referred to in Article 10 The following body is designated to perform on behalf of the Commission the tasks referred to in Article 11: Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land und Forstwirtschaft (RENDER PROJECT), Messeweg 11-12 D-38104 Braunschweig (Internet: http://www. bba. de/english/render. htm or e-mail: render@bba. de). The fee referred to in Article 13 has to be paid to account No 250 010 00, BLZ 250 000 00, Landeszentralbank Hannover (reference ‘BBA-RENDER’ mentioning the reference number of the notification). This body will: 1. examine the notifications referred to in Article 10; 2. make available to the notifiers the format of the notification referred to in Article 10(2); 3. examine the notifications and consult with experts from other Member States in the light of the acceptability criteria referred to in Annex V, Part 2; 4. report to the Commission within six months from the time limit referred to in Article 10(2)(b) on the acceptability of the notifications received; 5. make available to the Commission the notifications received; 6. make a detailed account available to the Commission; 7. if the total amount of fees paid by all notifiers exceeds the real cost of the examination and administrative treatment of all notifications, refund the balance to the notifiers in equal shares


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text: 28. 12. 2000 DE Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften C 374 E/97 (2000/C 374 E/112) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-0528/00 von Michl Ebner (PPE-DE) an die Kommission (28. Februar 2000) Betrifft: Verminderter Mehrwertsteuersatz f(cid:252)r elektronisch vertriebene Presseprodukte Den Mitgliedstaaten ist es im Rahmen der Sechsten Mehrwertsteuerrichtlinie erlaubt, auf bestimmte Leistungen und Lieferungen einen reduzierten Steuersatz anzuwenden. So f(cid:252)hren etliche Staaten Zeitungen und Zeitschriften in Anhang H der besagten Richtlinie an und erheben somit auf diese Produkte eine verminderte Mehrwertsteuer. Tatsache ist jedoch auch, da(cid:223) immer mehr Presseprodukte elektronisch vertrieben werden und dadurch eine Wettbewerbsverzerrung zwischen (cid:132)materialgebundenen(cid:147) und (cid:132)imma- teriellen(cid:147) Publikationen gegeben ist. Die Kommission wird deshalb gebeten mitzuteilen, ob die Mitgliedstaaten in Zukunft die M(cid:246)glichkeit besitzen werden, den verminderten Mehrwertsteuersatz auch auf elektronisch vertriebene Presseprodukte, insbesondere auf CD-Rom und Online-Publikationen zu erstrecken? Antwort von Herrn Bolkestein im Namen der Kommission (10. April 2000) Gem(cid:228)(cid:223) den derzeit geltenden Rechtsvorschriften der Gemeinschaft im Bereich der Mehrwertsteuers(cid:228)tze, insbesondere Artikel 12 der Sechsten Mehrwertsteuerrichtlinie 77/388/EWG (1), gilt f(cid:252)r Zeitungen und andere Informationstr(cid:228)ger grunds(cid:228)tzlich der Regelsatz. Die Mitgliedstaaten, die dies w(cid:252)nschen, k(cid:246)nnen jedoch auf B(cid:252)cher, Zeitungen und Zeitschriften einen erm(cid:228)(cid:223)igten Steuersatz anwenden. Hinsichtlich der immateriellen G(cid:252)ter hat der Ecofin-Rat im Juni 1998 das Prinzip gebilligt, demzufolge eine Lieferung, bei der dem Empf(cid:228)nger eine Ware (cid:252)ber ein elektronisches Netz in digitaler Form zur Verf(cid:252)gung gestellt wird, f(cid:252)r MwSt-Zwecke als Erbringung einer Dienstleistung anzusehen ist. Die m(cid:246)gliche Aufnahme von bestimmten oben angesprochenen Dienstleistungen in die Liste der Waren und Dienstleistungen, die f(cid:252)r einen erm(cid:228)(cid:223)igten Steuersatz in Frage kommen, wird demn(cid:228)chst bei einer allgemeinen (cid:220)berpr(cid:252)fung des Anwendungsbereichs der erm(cid:228)(cid:223)igten Mehrwertsteuers(cid:228)tze untersucht. Zum derzeitigen Zeitpunkt w(cid:228)re es jedoch verfr(cid:252)ht, den Ergebnissen der Arbeiten der Kommission vorzugreifen und sich zu der k(cid:252)nftigen Behandlung der elektronisch vertriebenen Presseprodukte zu (cid:228)u(cid:223)ern. (1) ABl. L 145 vom 13. 6. 1977. Durch die Richtlinie 1999/85/EG (ABl. L 277 vom 28. 10. 1999) zuletzt ge(cid:228)nderte Richtlinie. (2000/C 374 E/113) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-0532/00 von Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) an die Kommission (28. Februar 2000) Betrifft: Konditionen bestimmter italienischer Kreditinstitute f(cid:252)r ihre Kontoinhaber Welche Verbraucherschutzregeln gelten f(cid:252)r den Bereich der Bankguthaben? K(cid:246)nnen die Banken, abgesehen vom Verbot des Wuchers, immer tun, was sie wollen oder unterliegen sie (cid:129) nach Auffassung der Europ(cid:228)ischen Union (cid:129) bestimmten Vorschriften? Ist der Kommission bekannt, da(cid:223) in Italien bestimmte Kreditinstitute die Passivzinss(cid:228)tze f(cid:252)r ihre Kunden auf 13 % festgelegt haben und hingegen einen Aktivzins von nur 0,1 % (und weniger) zahlen? C 374 E/98 Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften DE 28. 12. 2000 Anwort von Herrn Bolkestein im Namen der Kommission (12. April 2000) Gem(cid:228)(cid:223) dem EG-Vertrag, insbesondere gem(cid:228)(cid:223) Artikel 47 Absatz 2 (ex-Artikel 57 Absatz 2), erl(cid:228)(cid:223)t der Rat Gemeinschaftsrichtlinien zur Koordinierung und (cid:129) sofern notwendig (cid:129) zur Harmonisierung der Rechts- und Verwaltungsvorschriften der Mitgliedstaaten, um die Aufnahme und Aus(cid:252)bung der T(cid:228)tigkeit von Kreditinstituten im Binnenmarkt zu erleichtern. In diesem Sinne haben das Europ(cid:228)ische Parlament und der Rat am 30. Mai 1994 die Richtlinie 94/10/EG (cid:252)ber Einlagensicherungssysteme (1) erlassen, die bei Bankguthaben eine einheitliche Mindestdeckung zugunsten der Einleger sicherstellt. Vom 1. Januar 2000 an sind die Bankguthaben eines Einlegers insgesamt bis zu einem Betrag von 20. 000 € gedeckt, wobei auch eine h(cid:246)here Deckung zul(cid:228)ssig ist. Die Kommission hat zudem in ihrer Mitteilung (cid:132)Umsetzung des Finanzmarktrahmens: Aktionsplan(cid:147) (2) vom 26. Mai 1999, die am selben Tag dem Europ(cid:228)ischen Parlament und dem Rat vorgelegt und vom Europ(cid:228)ischen Rat in K(cid:246)ln best(cid:228)tigt wurde, festgestellt, da(cid:223) das grenz(cid:252)bergreifende Privatkundengesch(cid:228)ft nur dann florieren kann, wenn die Verbraucher auf die Integrit(cid:228)t der angebotenen Dienstleistung, die Verkaufsmethoden der Anbieter, die Seriosit(cid:228)t des Anbieters sowie die Verf(cid:252)gbarkeit und Wirksamkeit von Regre(cid:223)verfahren im Falle eines Rechtsstreits vertrauen k(cid:246)nnen. So wird in der Mitteilung hervorgehoben, da(cid:223) insbesondere aus Verbraucherschutzgr(cid:252)nden Ma(cid:223)nahmen auf EU-Ebene zu den Privatkundenm(cid:228)rkten weiterhin hohe Priorit(cid:228)t haben. Die Kommission nennt in ihrer Mitteilung eine Reihe von Anstrengungen, die sie unternehmen wird, damit: a) die Verbraucher die notwendigen Instrumenten (Informationen) und Schutzmechanismen (eindeutige Rechte und wirksame Verfahren zur Beilegung von Streitf(cid:228)llen) erhalten, so da(cid:223) sie uneingeschr(cid:228)nkt aktiv am Finanzbinnenmarkt teilnehmen k(cid:246)nnen; b) ein ungerechtfertigtes Festhalten an nichtharmonisierten Vorschriften, die das Verh(cid:228)ltnis zwischen Verbrauchern und Unter- nehmen betreffen, als Hindernis f(cid:252)r die grenz(cid:252)bergreifende Erbringung von Dienstleistungen erkannt und bek(cid:228)mpft wird; c) die Herausbildung wirksamer Mechanismen gef(cid:246)rdert wird, die die aus unterschiedlichen privatrechtlichen Regelungen herr(cid:252)hrenden M(cid:228)ngel des einheitlichen Privatkundenmarkts beseitigen; d) die rechtlichen Voraussetzungen f(cid:252)r die europaweite Nutzung neuer Vertriebswege und Teletechnologien geschaffen werden und e) die Entstehung kosteng(cid:252)nstiger und sicherer Zahlungsverkehrssysteme f(cid:246)rdert wird, so da(cid:223) die B(cid:252)rger grenz(cid:252)bergreifende Kleinbetragszahlungen t(cid:228)tigen k(cid:246)nnen, ohne mit astronomi- schen Geb(cid:252)hren belastet zu werden. Dagegen ist es nach Auffassung der Kommission weder m(cid:246)glich noch angebracht, auf die H(cid:246)he der von den Kreditinstituten in Rechnung gestellten Zinsen Einflu(cid:223) zu nehmen. Wie der Herr Abgeordnete wei(cid:223), beruht die Wirtschaftspolitik der Gemeinschaft nach Artikel 4 (ex-Artikel 3a) EG-Vertrag auf dem Binnen- markt und ist dem Grundsatz einer offenen Marktwirtschaft mit freiem Wettbewerb verpflichtet. Nur die Jedes Achtung dieses Grundsatzes gestattet eine optimale Allokation der wirtschaftlichen Ressourcen. Kreditinstitut kann daher seine Gesch(cid:228)ftspolitik gem(cid:228)(cid:223) seiner Einsch(cid:228)tzung des Marktes und der damit verbundenen Risiken selbst festlegen, sofern es dabei die Wettbewerbsregeln beachtet. In ihrer Antwort auf die schriftliche Anfrage E-2738/99 der Herren Zappala und Tajani (3) hat die Kommission bereits darauf hingewiesen, da(cid:223) sie staatliche Interventionen, durch die den Finanzm(cid:228)rkten Beschr(cid:228)nkungen auferlegt w(cid:252)rden, f(cid:252)r rechtlich fragw(cid:252)rdig und f(cid:252)r eine Behinderung des freien Finanzdienstleistungsverkehrs h(cid:228)lt. Sie w(cid:252)rden Verbraucher und Unternehmen gleicherma(cid:223)en daran hindern, die Vorteile des Binnenmarktes (gr(cid:246)(cid:223)ere Auswahl und ein sch(cid:228)rferer Wettbewerb zugunsten der Verbraucher, Wettbewerbsvorteile f(cid:252)r die Unternehmen) voll zu nutzen. Damit w(cid:252)rden sie sowohl den Unternehmen als auch den Verbrauchern schaden und sich nachteilig auf Entwicklung und Besch(cid:228)ftigung auswirken. Was die europ(cid:228)ischen Wettbewerbsregeln anbelangt, ist gem(cid:228)(cid:223) Artikel 81 (ex-Artikel 85) EG-Vertrag jede wettbewerbswidrige Vereinbarung zwischen Unternehmen, vor allem wenn es dabei um die Festsetzung von Preisen geht, und gem(cid:228)(cid:223) Artikel 82 (ex-Artikel 86) EG-Vertrag die Ausnutzung einer marktbeherr- schenden Stellung durch das beherrschende Unternehmen verboten. Diese Artikel des EG-Vertrags gelten jedoch nur f(cid:252)r die Wettbewerbsbeschr(cid:228)nkungen, die den Handel zwischen Mitgliedstaaten sp(cid:252)rbar beein- tr(cid:228)chtigen. Ist dies nicht der Fall, f(cid:228)llt die Angelegenheit in die Zust(cid:228)ndigkeit der nationalen Wettbewerbs- beh(cid:246)rden, die das nationale Wettbewerbsrecht anwenden. Der Herr Abgeordnete ist wahrscheinlich dar(cid:252)ber informiert, da(cid:223) die Bank von Italien als die in Wettbe- werbsfragen f(cid:252)r das Bankwesen zust(cid:228)ndige italienische Beh(cid:246)rde unl(cid:228)ngst eine Entscheidung erlassen hat, in der die italienischen Banken, die im Rahmen einer unter dem Namen (cid:132)Freunde der Bank(cid:147) bekannten Bankengruppe wettbewerbswidrige Vereinbarungen (cid:129) vor allem (cid:252)ber die Soll- und Habenzinsen (cid:129) 28. 12. 2000 DE Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften C 374 E/99 getroffen haben, mit einer Geldbu(cid:223)e belegt werden. Da die Bank von Italien die Ermittlungen eingeleitet hat, die zu dieser Entscheidung gef(cid:252)hrt haben, und noch zu pr(cid:252)fen ist, ob von einer sp(cid:252)rbaren Beein- tr(cid:228)chtigung des Handels zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten gesprochen werden kann, h(cid:228)lt die Kommission ein Eingreifen in der fraglichen Angelegenheit nicht f(cid:252)r angebracht. (1) ABl. L 135 vom 31. 5. 1994. (2) KOM(1999) 232, endg. (3) ABl. C 280 E vom 3. 10. 2000, S. 120. (2000/C 374 E/114) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-0533/00 von Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) an die Kommission (28. Februar 2000) Betrifft: Programm Falcone (1997-2001) Kann die Kommission mitteilen, welche regionalen und/oder nationale Verwaltungen und welche (cid:246)ffentli- chen (oder privaten) Einrichtungen Mittel oder Zusch(cid:252)sse erhalten haben, ob diese bereits ausgezahlt wurden oder nicht, und wieviel den einzelnen im Programm Falcone vorgesehenen Aktionen (1997-2001) (Haushaltsmittel: 10 Mio ECU bzw. rund 19 Mrd. Lire), die in Italien und in den anderen Mitgliedstaaten bereits durchgef(cid:252)hrt wurden, zugeteilt wurde? Wurde die tats(cid:228)chliche Verwendung der Mittel und der Erfolg der Initiativen (cid:252)berpr(cid:252)ft? Antwort von Herrn Vitorino im Namen der Kommission (14. April 2000) Die Kommission weist auf die allgemeinen Bedingungen hin, die f(cid:252)r die Durchf(cid:252)hrung des Programms Falcone (cid:129) wie im (cid:252)brigen auch f(cid:252)r die anderen Programme im Bereich Justiz und Inneres (cid:129) gelten. Die zu f(cid:246)rdernden Projekte werden am Ende eines zweistufigen Verfahrens ausgew(cid:228)hlt, in dem zun(cid:228)chst Fach- kr(cid:228)fte und anschlie(cid:223)end die im Falcone-Ausschu(cid:223) zusammengeschlossenen Vertreter der Mitgliedstaaten eine Bewertung vornehmen. Ziel der Projekte ist es, auf der Grundlage eines multidisziplin(cid:228)ren Ansatzes die Zusammenarbeit von Fachkr(cid:228)ften aus einer gr(cid:246)(cid:223)eren Zahl von Mitgliedstaaten (und Drittl(cid:228)ndern) zu vertiefen. Bei den gef(cid:246)rderten Vorhaben handelt es sich vor allem um Aus- bzw. Fortbildungsma(cid:223)nahmen, gemeinsame Projekte und um Studien zu verschiedenen Aspekten der Bek(cid:228)mpfung und Vorbeugung der organisierten Kriminalit(cid:228)t. Das wichtigste Kriterium bei der Auswahl der Projekte ist also nicht das Herkunftsland des Beg(cid:252)nstigten, sondern die Synergieeffekte, die sich aus der Zusammenarbeit der Mitgliedstaaten ergeben. Die Auswahlkriterien und die Schwerpunktthemen werden in dem im Amtsblatt ver(cid:246)ffentlichten Falcone-Jahresprogramm (1) ausf(cid:252)hrlich erl(cid:228)utert. Die Kommission ver(cid:246)ffentlicht allj(cid:228)hrlich einen Bericht, in dem die Projekte insbesondere nach Beg(cid:252)nstig- ten- und Ma(cid:223)nahmenkategorien aufgeschl(cid:252)sselt werden. Unabh(cid:228)ngig von den im Jahresprogramm f(cid:252)r die einzelnen Ma(cid:223)nahmenkategorien vorgesehenen Schwerpunktthemen ist die Kommission bestrebt, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen nationalen Verwaltungen, regionalen Beh(cid:246)rden und nichtstaatlichen Organisa- tionen (Hochschulen oder Vereinigungen) zu intensivieren. So wurden 1998 51,3 % der gef(cid:246)rderten Projekte von nationalen Beh(cid:246)rden, 11,3 % von regionalen Beh(cid:246)rden und 37,4 % von Nichtregierungsorga- nisationen (NRO) und Forschungsinstituten durchgef(cid:252)hrt. 1999 beliefen sich diese Anteile auf 59,7 %, 18,3 % und 22 %. Zahl der Projekte Nationale Beh(cid:246)rden Regionale Beh(cid:246)rden NRO, davon Hochschulen 1998: 35 davon 1999: 38 davon 18 22 6 8 11 8 F(cid:246)rderbetrag Nationale Beh(cid:246)rden Regionale Beh(cid:246)rden NRO, davon Hochschulen 1998: € 2. 252. 644 1999: € 1. 959. 960 1. 156. 064 1. 171. 306 255. 458 357. 974 841. 122 430. 680


title: SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-0551/00 van Guido Podestà (PPE-DE) aan de Commissie. Gronddiensten en luchtverkeerscontrole.

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air safety
air traffic
common transport policy

text: 28. 12. 2000 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen C 374 E/103 In de praktijk delen de lidstaten aan de Commissie echter een schatting mee van de ontwikkeling van de leveringen aan de zuivelindustrie. De Commissie beschikt momenteel over deze schattingen voor de periode april-december, met uitzondering van Griekenland (augustus) en Spanje (november). Uit deze schatting kan worden afgeleid dat bepaalde lidstaten het geschatte profiel in de betrokken periode overschrijden. Uit de tabel die rechtstreeks aan het geachte parlementslid en aan het Secretariaat-generaal van het Parlement is toegestuurd, blijkt dat het gaat om Spanje, Italiº, Luxemburg, Oostenrijk, Finland, Zweden en het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Bij de lezing van deze tabel moet er rekening mee worden gehouden dat de overdrachten uit hoofde van de artikelen 4 en 6 van Verordening (EEG) Nr. 3950/92 van de Raad van 28 december 1992 tot instelling van een extra heffing in de sector melk en zuivelproducten (2) naargelang van het geval de overschrijding kunnen doen toe- of afnemen. De beschikbare gegevens bieden bijgevolg slechts een gedeeltelijk beeld van de grootte van de overschrij- dingen, aangezien de schattingen voor 25 % van de referentieperiode, namelijk de maanden januari 2000 tot maart 2000, eveneens ontbreken, zodat de ontwikkeling tot nu toe in elke lidstaat aanzienlijk kan veranderen. (1) PB L 57 van 10. 3. 1993. (2) PB L 405 van 31. 12. 1992. (2000/C 374 E/119) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-0551/00 van Guido Podest(cid:224) (PPE-DE) aan de Commissie (28 februari 2000) Betreft: Gronddiensten en luchtverkeerscontrole De luchtvaart is op zich een internationaal verschijnsel en vereist voor de verschillende landen gemeen- schappelijke regelingen en normen. Technisch zijn op wereldniveau de ICAO en op Europees niveau de ECAC hiervoor verantwoordelijk. Het blijft onder de bevoegdheid van de soevereine staten vallen om op de wijze en binnen de termijnen die zij wensen de door genoemde organisaties geformuleerde aanbevelingen in de nationale regelgeving op te nemen. Overeenkomstig de doelstellingen van de Europese Unie is het wenselijk de fundamentele sectoren te reglementeren om op uniforme wijze de veiligheid van het luchtverkeer te waarborgen. Voor vliegtuigen en piloten is het resultaat van de harmonisatie van de systemen en de opleiding en mobiliteit van het personeel reeds bereikt. Voor de luchtverkeerscontrole zijn er nog tekortkomingen in de Europese regels. Gezien het belang ervan voor de veiligheid moeten met uniforme parameters voor de verschillende nationale diensten die in de luchtvaartsector werkzaam zijn (bedrijven voor het beheer van de vliegvelden, gronddiensten enz. ) Europese normen voor het onderhoud en het beheer van de systemen worden vastgesteld. Bovendien moeten bepaalde gemeenschappelijke voorschriften worden gegeven voor de vergunningen en de beroepsdiploma(cid:146)s van luchtverkeersleiders (overeenkomstig bijlage I van de ICAO), gronddienstdeskundigen (AIS officer), meteorologen en het technisch personeel van de gronddiensten. Hiertoe zou een gemeenschappelijke richtlijn moeten worden goedgekeurd ter waarborging van zowel de invoering en de naleving van uniforme parameters, als van het beginsel van het vrije verkeer van het gronddienstpersoneel en de luchtverkeersleiders in de Europese Unie. Kan de Commissie derhalve mededelen of en wanneer zij overweegt een communautaire wetgeving terzake voor te leggen? Antwoord van mevrouw de Palacio namens de Commissie (10 april 2000) Ten aanzien van productie, onderhoud en besturing van de vliegtuigen, en het personeel dat zich daarmee bezighoudt, zijn in het kader van de European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA (cid:129) Gezamenlijke Europese C 374 E/104 Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen NL 28. 12. 2000 Luchtvaartautoriteiten) gemeenschappelijke veiligheidsnormen en procedures ontwikkeld en uitgevoerd. Deze regelgevende instantie heeft ook procedures voor gezamenlijke certificatie mogelijk gemaakt en is via Verordening (EEG) nr. 3922/91 van de Raad van 16 december 1991 inzake de harmonisatie van technische voorschriften en administratieve procedures op het gebied van de burgerluchtvaart (1) in het gemeenschapsrecht opgenomen. Daarmee zijn de spelregels vastgesteld voor rechtvaardige concurrentie voor alle marktdeelnemers in de Gemeenschap. Een voorstel voor de oprichting van een Europese organisatie (EASA) in behandeling binnen de Commissie. ter verbetering en versterking van JAA is momenteel Op het gebied van de luchtverkeersleiding stelt Eurocontrol normen en technische specificaties op die in hoofdzaak gericht zijn op interoperabiliteit en een goede werking van de nationale stelsels. De normen van Eurocontrol zijn in het Gemeenschapsrecht opgenomen via Richtlijn 93/65/EEG van de Raad van 19 juli 1993 betreffende de vaststelling en het gebruik van compatibele technische normen en specificaties voor de aanschaf van apparatuur en van systemen voor luchtverkeersafhandeling (2). Het werk van Eurocontrol is echter hoofdzakelijk gericht op systemen en normen voor de luchtverkeerscontrole en niet op het volledige gamma van eisen die aan de diensten, het personeel en de werking worden gesteld. Dit verschil is voornamelijk te verklaren door het ontbreken van een Europese markt voor de luchtverkeerscontrole waardoor de nationale regels, die aanzienlijke variaties vertonen, blijven prevaleren. Ten aanzien van de meer specifieke vraag inzake gemeenschappelijke normen voor vergunningen en beroepsdiploma(cid:146)s voor luchtverkeersleiders werkt Eurocontrol aan een geharmoniseerd schema voor het gebied van de Europese Burgerluchtvaartconferentie (de ECAC). De Gemeenschap volgt deze activiteiten die, zoals het geachte parlementslid heeft gesuggereerd, kunnen leiden tot de ontwikkeling van een communautaire richtlijn, met de grootste aandacht. (1) PB L 373 van 31. 12. 1991. (2) PB L 187 van 29. 7. 1993. (2000/C 374 E/120) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG P-0556/00 van Gorka Kn(cid:246)rr Borr(cid:224)s (Verts/ALE) aan de Commissie (23 februari 2000) Betreft: Protocol voor samenwerking tussen Aquitaine, Baskenland en Navarra In 1980 is in Bayonne tussen Frankrijk en Spanje een overeenkomst ondertekend om grensoverschrijdende samenwerking op regionaal niveau mogelijk te maken. Op 3 oktober 1989 is bovendien in Bordeaux een Samenwerkingsprotocol tussen de Baskische Autonome Gemeenschap en de regio Aquitaine ondertekend. Door dit stuk kregen de grensoverschrijdende betrekkingen tussen beide lichamen een institutioneel karakter. Op 13 februari 1992 sloot ook de Autonome Gemeenschap Navarra zich bij deze samenwerking aan door de ondertekening van een nieuw Protocol. De doelstellingen van dit Protocol zijn: (cid:129) Uitwisseling van informatie en harmonisatie, op terreinen waarop betrekkingen bestaan, van het beleid van de drie regio(cid:146)s op de gebieden ontwikkeling van de communicatie-infrastructuur, opleiding, economie en sociale zaken, onderzoek en cultuur. (cid:129) Overleg ter vaststelling en aanpassing van projecten van gemeenschappelijk belang. (cid:129) Bevordering van de samenwerking tussen overheden, beroepsorganisaties en particulieren van de drie regio(cid:146)s. Op 25 januari jl. besloot de regering van de Autonome Gemeenschap Navarra om dit Protocol eenzijdig op te zeggen, naar haar zeggen omdat er politieke meningsverschillen zouden bestaan, die echter niets te maken hebben met de onderwerpen waarop het Samenwerkingsprotocol betrekking heeft. Denkt de Commissie dat dit besluit gevolgen kan hebben voor de ontwikkeling van de grensoverschrij- dende samenwerking tussen deze drie regio(cid:146)s, mede gezien het feit dat deze samenwerking versterkt zou worden door het nieuwe communautaire initiatief Interreg? Kan zij mededelen of de subsidie of steun die de Autonome Gemeenschap Navarra op dit moment ontvangt voor projecten die zijn voortgekomen uit dit Protocol in gevaar komt?


title: SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL E-0505/00 af Christopher Huhne (ELDR) til Kommissionen. Betaling af kontrahenter og leverandører.

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European Commission
deadline for payment
subcontracting

text: C 46 E/10 De Europ(cid:230)iske F(cid:230)llesskabers Tidende DA 13. 2. 2001 Kan Kommissionen oplyse, hvor store midler der vejledende vil blive tildelt til Galicien, herunder b(cid:229)de de midler, der skal forvaltes af centralregeringen og de, der skal forvaltes af den autonome region? (1) EFT C 225 E af 8. 8. 2000, s. 2. Svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Michel Barnier (24. marts 2000) Som meddelt det (cid:230)rede medlem i svar p(cid:229) skriftlig forespłrgsel E-1433/99 (1) har Kommissionen faktisk sendt de medlemsstater, der er omfattet af strukturfondenes m(cid:229)l 1, et forslag til vejledende fordeling af de midler, som er afsat til dette m(cid:229)l i programperioden 2000-2006. Kommissionen sender det fordelingsforslag, der er meddelt de spanske myndigheder, direkte til det (cid:230)rede medlem og Parlamentets generalsekretariat. (1) EFT C 225 E af 8. 8. 2000, s. 2. (2001/C 46 E/012) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-0505/00 af Christopher Huhne (ELDR) til Kommissionen (28. februar 2000) Om: Betaling af kontrahenter og leverandłrer Hvilke retningslinjer har Kommissionen fastlagt for, hvorn(cid:229)r den skal betale sine egne kontrahenter og leverandłrer? Hvor lang tid m(cid:229) der i henhold til Kommissionens retningslinjer g(cid:229) mellem leverancerne eller faktureringen og betalingen, og hvilke foranstaltninger er der eventuelt truffet for at kontrollere, om disse tidsfrister overholdes? Svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Michaele Schreyer (4. maj 2000) Kommissionen undersłger med j(cid:230)vne mellemrum, hvor god dens tjenestegrene er til at overholde betalingsfristerne. Allerede i 1991 satte Kommissionen sig det m(cid:229)l, at betalinger skulle v(cid:230)re foretaget inden for en frist p(cid:229) 60 dage, efter at dens tjenestegrene havde modtaget en korrekt udstedt betalingsanmodning. Ud af de 60 dage var de 40 afsat til den anvisningsberettigede tjenestegren (til fasts(cid:230)ttelse af betalingsbelłbet og betalings- anvisning) og de 20 til de tv(cid:230)rg(cid:229)ende tjenestegrene (p(cid:229)tegning hos finanskontrollen, bekr(cid:230)ftelse af den frigłrende kvitterings gyldighed hos regnskabsfłreren, effektuering af bankbetalingen). I 1995 fastsatte Kommissionen som m(cid:229)l for tjenestegrenene, at 95 % af transaktionerne skulle v(cid:230)re afsluttet inden for 60 dage. Endelig (cid:230)ndrede Kommissionen i 1997 sin aftalepolitik, s(cid:229)ledes at dens kreditorer fik ret til at kr(cid:230)ve morarenter i tilf(cid:230)lde af for sen betaling. De statistikker, der findes for 1999, viser, at den gennemsnitlige betalingsfrist for alle tjenestegrene (regnet fra datoen for fakturaens modtagelse indtil debitering af Kommissionens bankkonto) var p(cid:229) 54,1 dage. Men kun 65,1 % af betalingerne er blevet effektueret inden for de 60 dage. 13. 2. 2001 DA De Europ(cid:230)iske F(cid:230)llesskabers Tidende C 46 E/11 En tv(cid:230)rg(cid:229)ende arbejdsgruppe sammensat af repr(cid:230)sentanter for de forskellige generaldirektoraters finans- kontorer er i łjeblikket ved at undersłge, hvad der ligger til grund for forsinkelserne og vil frems(cid:230)tte forslag til at nedbringe dem. I handlingsplanen i del 2 i Kommissionens hvidbog om reformen (1) bekr(cid:230)ftes det s(cid:229)ledes, at et af m(cid:229)lene med reformen er inden 2002 at n(cid:229) op p(cid:229), at 95 % af betalingerne er effektueret inden for de 60 dage (aktion 10: tjenestegrenene vil blive opfordret til at opstille deres egne m(cid:229)l for opfyldelsen af det m(cid:229)l, der er sat for Kommissionen som helhed, nemlig betaling inden for 60 dage for 95 % af fakturaerne i 2002, og at afl(cid:230)gge beretning om de trufne foranstaltninger og resultaterne i deres (cid:229)rlige aktivitetsrapport. Kommissionen vil tage hensyn til denne indikator ved vurderingen af tjenestegrenenes output). Endvidere vil Kommissionen oprette et centralt fakturaregister, som głr det muligt at fłlge bedre op p(cid:229) behandlingen af fakturaerne (hvidbogens aktion 11). (1) KOM(2000) 200 endelig udg. (2001/C 46 E/013) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-0527/00 af Michl Ebner (PPE-DE) til Kommissionen (28. februar 2000) Om: Afskaffelse af told- og skatteprivilegier for diplomater Under henvisning til skriftlig forespłrgsel E-1996/99 (1) og Kommissionens svar, hvori det bl. a. hedder, at opretholdelsen af afgifts- og skatteprivilegierne, som fastlagt i Wienerkonventionen af 1961, ikke l(cid:230)ngere i det indre marked og egentlig burde oph(cid:230)ves, bedes Kommissionen oplyse, om den er begrundet sidelłbende med den konsekvent gennemfłrte linje i spłrgsm(cid:229)let om afskaffelse af de toldfrie indkłbsmu- ligheder for alle EU-borgere ikke ogs(cid:229), under hensyntagen til retf(cid:230)rdighedsprincippet og politisk anst(cid:230)n- dighed, agter at s(cid:230)tte en stopper for de tilsvarende s(cid:230)rprivilegier for ansatte i diplomatiet i EU? (1) EFT C 219 E af 1. 8. 2000, s. 63. Svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Frederik Bolkestein (14. april 2000) tilfłje til sit svar p(cid:229) det (cid:230)rede medlems tidligere skriftlige Kommissionen har intet yderligere at forespłrgsel E-1996/99 ang(cid:229)ende de privilegier, der indrłmmes diplomater i henhold til Wienerkonven- tionen. (2001/C 46 E/014) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-0546/00 af William Newton Dunn (ELDR) til Kommissionen (28. februar 2000) Om: Velf(cid:230)rd for burhłns Hvis EU ikke kan sikre en velf(cid:230)rdsklausul under de kommende WTO-forhandlinger, hvad vil Kommis- sionen da głre for at sikre, at producenterne beskyttes mod at blive oversvłmmet af billig import fra tredjelande?


title: 2000/175/GUSP: Rådets gemensamma åtgärd av den 28 februari 2000 om att förlänga rådets gemensamma åtgärd 1999/522/GUSP om inrättande av strukturerna för Förenta nationernas uppdrag i Kosovo (MINUK)

eurovoc_concepts:
Kosovo
UNO
administrative structures
the EU's international role

text: L 55/78 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 29. 2. 2000 (Rättsakter som antagits med tillämpning av avdelning V i Fördraget om Europeiska unionen) RÅDETS GEMENSAMMA ÅTGÄRD av den 28 februari 2000 om att förlänga rådets gemensamma åtgärd 1999/522/GUSP om inrättande av strukturerna för Förenta nationernas uppdrag i Kosovo (MINUK) (2000/175/GUSP) EUROPEISKA UNIONENS RÅD HAR BESLUTAT OM FÖLJANDE GEMENSAMMA ÅTGÄRD med beaktande av Fördraget om Europeiska unionen, och särskilt artikel 14 i detta, och av följande skäl: (1) (2) Rådets gemensamma åtgärd 1999/522/GUSP av den 29 för inrättande juli 1999 om att MINUK (1) löper ut den 29 februari 2000. av strukturerna En ytterligare begränsad förlängning av den gemen- samma åtgärden är nödvändig. HÄRIGENOM FÖRESKRIVS FÖLJANDE. Artikel 1 Den gemensamma åtgärdens 1999/522/GUSP giltighet skall förlängas till och med den 30 april 2000. Artikel 2 Denna gemensamma åtgärd träder i kraft samma dag som den antas. Artikel 3 Denna gemensamma åtgärd skall offentliggöras i Officiella tidningen. Utfärdad i Bryssel den 28 februari 2000. På rådets vägnar J. PINA MOURA Ordförande (1) EGT L 201, 31. 7. 1999, s. 1. Den gemensamma åtgärden såsom den ändrats genom rådets gemensamma åtgärd 1999/864/GUSP av den 21 december 1999 (EGT L 328, 22. 12. 1999, s. 67)