Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/428 of 10 March 2017 approving the basic substance clayed charcoal in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (Text with EEA relevance. )

Approval of a basic substance

Article 1

The substance clayed charcoal as specified in Annex I is approved as a basic substance subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

Article 2

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Entry into force

Article 3

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

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity  ( 1 ) Date of approval Specific provisions Clayed charcoal CAS No 7440-44-0 231-153-3 (Einecs) (activated charcoal) CAS No 1333-86-4 215-609-9 (Einecs) (carbon black) CAS No 1302-78-9 215-108-5 (Einecs) (bentonite) Not available. Charcoal: Purity required by Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 Bentonite: Purity required by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1060/2013 31 March 2017 Clayed charcoal shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on clayed charcoal (SANTE/11267/2016) and in particular Appendices I and II thereof. ( 1 )   Further details on identity, specification and manner of use of basic substance are provided in the review report.

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II In Part C of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the following entry is added: ‘13 Clayed charcoal CAS No 7440-44-0 231-153-3 (Einecs) (activated charcoal) CAS No 1333-86-4 215-609-9 (Einecs) (carbon black) CAS No 1302-78-9 215-108-5 (Einecs) (bentonite) Not available. Charcoal: Purity required by Regulation (EU) No 231/2012  ( *1 ) Bentonite: Purity required by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1060/2013  ( *2 ) 31 March 2017 Clayed charcoal shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on clayed charcoal (SANTE/11267/2016) and in particular Appendices I and II thereof. ( *1 )   Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1 ). ( *2 )   Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1060/2013 of 29 October 2013 concerning the authorisation of bentonite as a feed additive for all animal species ( OJ L 289, 31.10.2013, p. 33 ).’