Division 2 In evaluating applications for granting authorisations Member States shall:

• ensure that dossiers on microbial plant protection products supplied are in accordance with the requirements of Annex IIIB, at the latest at the time of finalisation of the evaluation for the purpose of decision-making, without prejudice, where relevant, to the provisions of Article 13(1)(a), (4) and (6) of this Directive,

• ensure that the data submitted are acceptable in terms of quantity, quality, consistency and reliability and sufficient to permit a proper evaluation of the dossier,

• evaluate, where relevant, justifications submitted by the applicant for not supplying certain data;

take into account the Annex IIB data concerning the active substance consisting of micro-organisms (including viruses) in the plant protection product, submitted for the purpose of inclusion of the micro-organism concerned in Annex I, and the results of the evaluation of those data, without prejudice, where relevant, to the provisions of Article 13(1)(b), (2), (3) and (6) of this Directive;

take into consideration other relevant technical or scientific information they can reasonably possess with regard to the performance of the plant protection product or to the potentially adverse effects of the plant protection product, its components or its metabolites/toxins.