1.The Commission shall draft a review report, hereinafter ‘the review report’, taking into account the renewal assessment report by the rapporteur Member State, the comments referred to in Article 15(1) and, where applicable, the conclusion of the Authority.
The applicant shall be given the possibility to submit comments on the draft review report within a period set by the Commission.
The Commission shall present to the Committee referred to in Article 19(1) of Directive 91/414/EEC the draft review report within 6 months of receipt of the comments referred to in Article 15(1) or, where the Commission has consulted it in accordance with Article 16(2), of receipt of the conclusion of the Authority.
2.On the basis of the review report and taking into account any comments submitted by the applicant within the period set by the Commission pursuant to the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the Commission shall submit to the Committee:
(a)a draft act renewing the inclusion of the active substance concerned in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, setting out, where appropriate, the conditions and restrictions, including the period for such inclusion; or
(b)a draft act removing the active substance from Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and providing for its non-inclusion and the withdrawal of the authorisations of plant-protection products containing that active substance.
3.The draft acts referred to in paragraph 2 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC.