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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/856 of 18 May 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance fluroxypyr (Text with EEA relevance. )

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/856 · Regulation · 5 articles

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Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

Article 1

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

Transitional measures

Article 2

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Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, where necessary amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing fluroxypyr as the active substance by 8 September 2017 at the latest.

Grace period

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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 8 September 2018 at the latest.

Entry into force

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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

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ANNEX The column ‘Purity’ of row 9, fluroxypyr, of Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: ‘≥ 950 g/kg (fluroxypyr-meptyl) The following manufacturing impurity is of toxicological concern and must not exceed the following amount in the technical material: N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP): < 3 g/kg’ The column ‘Specific provisions’ of row 9, fluroxypyr, of Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: ‘PART A Only uses as herbicide may be authorised. PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on fluroxypyr, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 23 March 2017 shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment, Member States must pay particular attention to: — the potential contamination of groundwater by metabolite fluroxypyr pyridinol, when the active substance is applied in regions with alkaline or vulnerable soil or with vulnerable climatic conditions; — the risk to aquatic organisms. Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

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