2011/143/EU: Commission Decision of 3 March 2011 concerning the non-inclusion of ethoxyquin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and amending Commission Decision 2008/941/EC (notified under document C(2011) 1265) Text with EEA relevance

Ethoxyquin shall not be included as active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.

Member States shall ensure that: (a) authorisations for plant protection products containing ethoxyquin are withdrawn by 3 September 2011; (b) no authorisations for plant protection products containing ethoxyquin are granted or renewed from the date of publication of this Decision.

Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall be as short as possible and shall expire on 3 September 2012 at the latest.

In the Annex to Decision 2008/941/EC, the entry for ‘ethoxyquin’ is deleted.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.