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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/809",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 14 October 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of certain substances in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (notified under document number C(2008) 5894) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/809/EC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 14 October 2008\nconcerning the non-inclusion of certain substances in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market\n(notified under document number C(2008) 5894)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2008/809/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving 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, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 16(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission 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 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.\n(2)\nFor 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 Articles 9 and 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 by the Member State designated as Rapporteur for the evaluation.\n(3)\nConsequently, 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 8 November 2007.\n(4)\nWithin the period of three months from that publication, no person or Member State indicated an interest in taking over the role of participant for the substances and product-types concerned.\n(5)\nPursuant to Article 12(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the substances and product-types concerned should therefore not be included in Annexes I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 3."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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