Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3600/92 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.

Pursuant to article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC in matter of maketing of plant protection products, this Regulation establishes detailed rules as to the implementation of the first stage of the programnme of work to be performed by the Commission in order to gradually examine the active substances the marketing of which may be authorized by Member States under certain conditions. The first stage involves an assessment of the substances listed in Annex I to this Regulation with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Any producer wishing to secure the inclusion of an active substance referred to in Annex I hereto, or any salts, esters or amines thereof, in Annex I to the Directive, shall so notify the Commission within six months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation (art. 4).