Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance azoxystrobin

Commission Regulation (EC) No 737/2007 3 (hereinafter referred to as "the Regulation") lays down the procedure for the renewal of the inclusion of a first group of active substances in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and establishes the list of those substances.Azoxystrobin is one of the first group of active substances listed in the Regulation.In accordance with Article 6 of the Regulation, the notifier Syngenta submitted a dossier on azoxystrobin to the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic, being the designated rapporteur Member State (RMS), and co-rapporteur Member State (co-RMS), respectively.In accordance with Article 10 of the Regulation, the United Kingdom prepared an Assessment Report in consultation with the Czech Republic, which was submitted to the EFSA and the Commission of the European Communities (hereafter referred to as "the Commission").The Assessment Report was received by the EFSA on 10 June 2009.