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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1277 of 14 July 2017 approving 2-octyl-isothiazol-3(2H)-one as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 (Text with EEA relevance. )

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1277 · Regulation · 3 articles

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Article 1

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2-octyl-isothiazol-3(2H)-one 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

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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

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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 2-octyl-isothiazol-3(2H)-one IUPAC Name: 2-octyl-isothiazol-3(2H)-one EC No: 247-761-7 CAS No: 26530-20-1 960 g/kg w/w 1 January 2018 31 December 2027 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 industrial and professional users. (3) In view of the risks identified for the surface water, sediment and soil, 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 sewer or water, and that any losses shall be collected for reuse or disposal. The placing on the market of treated articles is subject to the following condition: The person responsible for the placing on the market of a treated article treated with or incorporating 2-octyl-isothiazol-3(2H)-one shall ensure that the label of that treated article provides the information listed in the second subparagraph of Article 58(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. ( 1 ) The purity indicated in this column was the minimum degree of purity of the active substance evaluated. 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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