Article 3

Member States shall in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing flonicamid as active substance by 28 February 2011. By that date, they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to flonicamid are met, with the exception of those identified in part B of the entry concerning the active substance, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive in accordance with the conditions of Article 13(2) of that Directive.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing flonicamid as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances all of which were listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, by 31 August 2010 at the latest Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to that Directive and taking into account part B of the entry in Annex I to that Directive concerning flonicamid. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 91/414/EEC.

Following that determination Member States shall: