27.2.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 57/24

(1)

Commission Directive 2007/5/EC (2) included methiocarb as active substance in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (3) under the condition that the Member States concerned ensure that the notifier at whose request methiocarb was included in that Annex provides further confirmatory information on the risk for birds, mammals and non-target arthropods.

(2)

Active substances included in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC are deemed to be approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and are listed in Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4).

(3)

The notifier submitted additional information taking the form of studies with a view to confirm the risk assessment for birds, mammals and non-target arthropods to the rapporteur Member State the United Kingdom within the time period provided for its submission.

(4)

The United Kingdom assessed the additional information submitted by the notifier. It submitted its assessment, in the form of an addendum to the draft assessment report, to the other Member States, the Commission and the European Food Safety Authority, hereinafter ‘the Authority‘� on 5 April 2011.

(5)

The Commission consulted the Authority which presented its opinion on the risk assessment of methiocarb on 1 June 2012 (5). The draft assessment report, the addendum and the opinion of the Authority were reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 13 December 2013 in the format of the Commission review report for methiocarb.

(6)

In the light of the additional information provided by the notifier, the Commission considered that the further confirmatory information required had not been provided.

(7)

The Commission invited the notifier to submit its comments on the review report for methiocarb.

(8)

The Commission has come to the conclusion that a high risk for birds, mammals and non-target arthropods cannot be excluded, even when further risk mitigation measures were to be imposed.

(9)

It is confirmed that the active substance methiocarb is to be deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. In order to preclude the exposure of birds, mammals and non-target arthropods, it is appropriate to further restrict the uses of this active substance and to withdraw the use as a moluscicide.

(10)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11)

Member States should be provided with time to amend or withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing methiocarb.

(12)

For plant protection products containing methiocarb, where Member States grant any grace period in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, this period should expire at the latest 18 months after the entry into force of this Regulation.

(13)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,