3.12.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 317/25 COMMISSION DECISION of 2 December 2005 concerning the non-inclusion of endosulfan in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (notified under document number C(2005) 4611) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/864[EC) 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 ('), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof, Whereas: () O L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Commission Directive 2005/58/EC (O] L 246, 22.9.2005, p. 17). Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provided for the Commission to carry out a programme of work for the examination of the active substances used in plant protection products which were already on the market on 25 July 1993. Detailed rules for the carrying out of this programme were established in Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (?). Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94 of 27 April 1994 laying down the active substances of plant protection products and designating the rapporteur Member States for the implementation of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 (%), designated the active substances which should be assessed in the framework of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92, designated a Member Directive as last amended by (®» OJ L 366, 15.12.1992, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 22662000 (O] L 259, 13.10.2000, p. 27). () OJ L 107, 28.4.1994, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2230/95 (O] L 225, 22.9.1995, p. 1). State to act as rapporteur in respect of the assessment of each substance and identified the producers of each active substance who submitted a notification in due time. Endosulfan is one of the 89 active substances designated in Regulation (EC) No 933/94. In accordance with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92, Spain, being the designated rapporteur Member State, submitted on 22 February 2000 to the Commission the report of its assessment of the infor- mation submitted by the notifiers in accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation. On receipt of the report of the rapporteur Member State, the Commission undertook consultations with experts of the Member States as well as with the main notifiers Bayer CropScience and Makhteshim Agan as provided for in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92. It appeared that further data were required. Commission Decision 2001/810/EC (¥ laid down a deadline for data submission by the notifier, which expired 25 May 2002. The same decision set a further deadline of 31 May 2003 for specified long term studies. The Commission organised a tripartite meeting with the main data submitters and the rapporteur Member State for this active substance on 17 May 2004. The assessment report prepared by Spain has been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. This review was finalised on 15 February 2005 in the format of the Commission review report for endosulfan. () O] L 305, 22.11.2001, p. 32.