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Applications submitted for the purposes of Directive 98/8/EC for which the F2... evaluation in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 98/8/EC F3had not been completed by 1 September 2013 shall be evaluated by the competent F4authority in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and, where relevant, Regulation (EC) No F51062/2014.

That evaluation shall be carried out on the basis of the information provided in the dossier submitted under Directive 98/8/EC.

Where the evaluation identifies concerns arising from the application of provisions of this Regulation which were not included in Directive 98/8/EC, the applicant shall be given the opportunity to provide additional information.

Every effort shall be made to avoid additional testing on vertebrates and to avoid causing delays to the review programme laid down in Regulation (EC) No F51062/2014 as a result of these transitional arrangements.

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