The Lisbon Treaty has been rejected by Irish citizens for many reasons, some big and some small: for example, a bureaucracy which has become excessive and paralysing for citizens and even for the biggest businesses. The authorisation of phy-tosanitary substances is a prime example. The authorisation of active substances is a competence of the European Commission. Only active substances listed in Annex I of Directive 91/44/EC - also known as the 'positive list' - can be used in final phytosanitary products. To submit an active substance for inclusion in Annex I, a company must provide a scientific dossier detailing chemical analyses and toxi-cological and ecotoxicologi-cal impact assessments. The dossier is then submitted, according to a pre-deter-mined order, to a member state which becomes the 'rapporteur member state' (RMS) for this substance.
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