Article 1
Copper, granulated, is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8, subject to the specifications and conditions set out in the Annex.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1094 of 6 July 2016 approving copper, granulated, as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1094 of 6 July 2016 approving copper, granulated, as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 (Text with EEA relevance)
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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 .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX Common Name IUPAC Name Identification Numbers Minimum degree of purity of the active substance Β ( 1 ) Date of approval Expiry date of approval Product type Specific conditions Copper, granulated IUPAC Name: Copper EC No: 231-159-6 CAS No: 7440-50-8 99 % w/w 1 January 2017 31 December 2026 8 The authorisations of biocidal products are subject to the following conditions. (1) The product assessment shall pay particular attention to the exposures, the risks and the efficacy linked to any use covered by an application for authorisation, but not addressed in the Union level risk assessment of the active substance. (2) In view of the risks identified for the uses assessed, the product assessment shall pay particular attention to: (a) industrial and professional users; (b) surface water and sediment where there is direct release during the service life of treated wood. (3) In view of the risks identified for surface and groundwater, labels and, where provided, safety data sheets of products authorised shall indicate that industrial or professional application shall be conducted within a contained area or on impermeable hard standing with bunding, and that freshly treated timber shall be stored after treatment under shelter or on impermeable hard standing, or both, to prevent direct losses to soil or water, and that any losses from the application of the product shall be collected for reuse or disposal. ( 1 ) Β Β The purity indicated in this column was the minimum degree of purity of the active substance used for the evaluation made in accordance with Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The active substance in the product placed on the market can be of equal or different purity if it has been proven technically equivalent with the evaluated active substance.
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