EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8.9.2000L 228/6COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1896/2000of 7 September 2000on the first phase of the programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council on biocidal products(Text with EEA relevance)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,Having regard to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliamentand of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning theplacing of biocidal products on the market (1), and in particularArticle 16(2) thereof,Whereas:(1) Pursuant to Directive 98/8/EC (hereinafter referred to as‘the Directive’), a programme of work is to be initiatedfor the review of all active substances of biocidal prod-ucts already on the market on 14 May 2000 (hereinafterreferred to as ‘existing active substances’).(2) The first phase of the review programme is intended toenable the Commission to identify existing activesubstanc...