Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1124/2013 of 8 November 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance bifenox Text with EEA relevance

Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

Article 1

Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Entry into force

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX The column ‘Specific provisions’ of row 180, bifenox, of Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: ‘PART A Only uses as herbicide may be authorised. PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on bifenox, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 14 March 2008 shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to: (a) the operator safety and ensure that conditions of use prescribe the application of adequate personal protective equipment where appropriate; (b) the dietary exposure of consumers to bifenox residues in products of animal origin and in succeeding rotational crops; (c) the environmental conditions leading to the potential formation of nitrofen. Member States shall impose restrictions as regards the conditions of use, where appropriate in view of point (c).’