(2)On 23 March 2010 one of the notifiers at whose request metazachlor was included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, submitted an application for an amendment to the specific provisions of use of metazachlor to allow more frequent applications on the same field, without however exceeding the total maximum amount of 1,0 kg/ha over a three-year period. That application was accompanied by additional information. It was submitted to the United Kingdom which had been designated rapporteur Member State by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002note.