For these substances, there is general agreement that the authorisation/registration requirements of Directive 98/8/EC seem unjustified and that they should be expressly excluded from its scope. Considering that a revision of Directive 98/8/EC will take a significant amount of time during which the viability of those products on the market might be irreversibly affected, it is appropriate to postpone their withdrawal from the market until 14 May 2010.
Étant donné les délais considérables nécessaires à une révision de la directive 98/8/CE, la viabilité de ces produits sur le marché risque entre-temps d’être irrémédiablement compromise, et il convient donc de retarder le retrait du marché de ces produits jusqu’au 14 mai 2010.