Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1934 of 4 November 2016 approving coco alkyltrimethylammonium chloride (ATMAC/TMAC) as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 (Text with EEA relevance )

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1934 · Regulation · 3 articles

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Article 1

Coco alkyltrimethylammonium chloride (ATMAC/TMAC) 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.

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 ( 1 ) Date of approval Expiry date of approval Product type Specific conditions Coco alkyltrimethylammonium chloride (ATMAC/TMAC) IUPAC Name: coco alkyltrimethylammonium chloride EC No: 263-038-9 CAS No: 61789-18-2 96,6 % w/w 1 May 2018 30 April 2028 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) soil and groundwater for wood in service that will be exposed to frequent weathering. (3) In view of the risks identified for soil, surface and ground water, 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 ) The purity indicated in this column was the minimum degree of purity of the active substance evaluated in accordance with Article 89(1) 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 to be technically equivalent to the evaluated active substance.

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