Article 9
Completeness check of dossiers 1. For each active substance for which it has been designated rapporteur, the Member State shall examine the dossiers referred to in Article 7(2) and (3) and assess the checklists provided by the notifiers. The rapporteur Member State shall at the latest six months after the receipt of all dossiers for an active substance report to the EFSA and the Commission on the completeness of the dossiers. The EFSA shall assess the reports submitted to it by the rapporteur Member States and report to the Commission on the completeness of the dossiers. For those active substances for which one or more dossiers are considered to be complete, the rapporteur Member State shall perform the evaluation as referred to in Article 10, unless the EFSA informs the rapporteur Member State and the Commission, within two months of receipt of the Member State report on completeness, that it does not consider the dossier to be complete. For those active substances for which the dossier is to be completed, as provided for under Article 7(2)(c)(iii), the report must confirm the date by which the dossier will be completed and by which date the evaluation as referred to in Article 10 will begin. 2. For those active substances for which a rapporteur Member State or the EFSA consider that the dossier is not complete within the meaning of Article 7(2) and (3), the Commission shall, within three months after the receipt of the report of the rapporteur Member State or the EFSA, refer such report to the Committee. In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 19 of Directive 91/414/EEC, it shall be decided whether a dossier is considered complete within the meaning of Article 7(2) and (3). 3. The Commission shall decide, as provided for in the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, not to include in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC an active substance for which no complete dossier has been submitted within the prescribed time limit.