Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1178/2013 of 20 November 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance ethoprophos 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.

Transitional measures

Article 2

Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing ethoprophos as active substance by 11 June 2014.

Grace period

Article 3

Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall be as short as possible and shall expire by 11 June 2015 at the latest.

Entry into force

Article 4

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 155, ethoprophos, of Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: ‘PART A Only uses as nematicide and insecticide in soil application may be authorised. Only one application per season may be authorised, at a rate not exceeding 6 kg active substance/ha. Authorisations shall be limited to professional users. PART B In assessing applications to authorise plant protection products containing ethoprophos for uses other than potatoes not cultivated for human or animal consumption, Member States shall pay particular attention to the criteria in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and shall ensure that any necessary data and information is provided before such an authorisation is granted. 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 ethoprophos, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 16 March 2007, shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to: (a) the dietary exposure of consumers; (b) the operator safety, ensuring that the conditions of use prescribe the application of adequate personal and respiratory protective equipment and other risk mitigation measures such as the use of a closed transfer system for the distribution of the product; (c) the protection of birds, mammals, aquatic organisms, surface and groundwater under vulnerable conditions. Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures, such as buffer zones and the achievement of complete incorporation of granules in the soil.’