Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1938 of 4 November 2016 approving citric acid as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 2 (Text with EEA relevance )

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1938
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Citric acid is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 2, 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 .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

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

Citric acid

IUPAC Name:

2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid

EC No: 201-069-1

CAS No: 77-92-9

995 g/kg

1 March 2018

28 February 2028

2

The authorisations of biocidal products are subject to the following condition:

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.

( 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 technically equivalent with the evaluated active substance.