setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 14-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

22.8.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 226/6 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION DECISION of 20 August 2012 setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 14-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 5787) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/483/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (1), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 of 4 December 2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (2) establishes a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC. ---|--- (2) | For a number of substance/product-type combinations included in that list, either all participants have discontinued their participation from the review programme, or no complete dossier was received within the time period specified in Article 9 and Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 by the Member State designated as rapporteur for the evaluation. ---|--- (3) | Consequently, and pursuant to Articles 11(2), 12(1) and 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the Commission informed the Member States accordingly. That information was also made public by electronic means on 17 January 2011. ---|--- (4) | Within three months of the electronic publication of that information, several companies indicated an interest in taking over the role of participant for some of the substances and product-types concerned, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007. ---|--- (5) | A new deadline should therefore be established for the submission of dossiers for those substances and product-types in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of that Regulation. ---|--- (6) | The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 For the substances and product-types set out in the Annex, the new deadline for the submission of dossiers is 30 September 2013. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 August 2012. For the Commission Janez POTOČNIK Member of the Commission * * * (1) OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1. (2) OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 3. * * * ANNEX Substances and product-types for which the new deadline for the submission of dossiers is 30 September 2013 Name | EC number | CAS number | Product-type | RMS ---|---|---|---|--- Triclosan | 222-182-2 | 3380-34-5 | 2 | DK Triclosan | 222-182-2 | 3380-34-5 | 7 | DK Triclosan | 222-182-2 | 3380-34-5 | 9 | DK 2-phenoxyethanol | 204-589-7 | 122-99-6 | 3 | UK * * *