Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2324 of 12 December 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance glyphosate 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. )

Renewal of the approval of active substance

Article 1

The approval of the active substance glyphosate, as specified in Annex I, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

Article 2

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

Entry into force and date of application

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 16 December 2017.

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity  ( 1 ) Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions Glyphosate CAS No 1071-83-6 CIPAC No 284 N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine ≥ 950 g/kg Impurities: Formaldehyde, less than 1 g/kg N -Nitroso-glyphosate, less than 1 mg/kg 16 December 2017 15 December 2022 Only uses as herbicide may be authorised. For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on glyphosate, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to: — the protection of the groundwater in vulnerable areas, in particular with respect to non-crop uses, — the protection of operators and amateur users, — the risk to terrestrial vertebrates and non-target terrestrial plants, — the risk to diversity and abundance of non-target terrestrial arthropods and vertebrates via trophic interactions, — compliance of pre-harvest uses with good agricultural practices. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate. Member States shall ensure that use of plant protection products containing glyphosate is minimised in the specific areas listed in Article 12(a) of Directive 2009/128/EC. Member States shall ensure equivalence between the specifications of the technical material, as commercially manufactured, and those of the test material used in the toxicological studies. Member States shall ensure that plant protection products containing glyphosate do not contain the co-formulant POE-tallowamine (CAS No 61791-26-2). ( 1 )   Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows: (1) in Part A, entry 25 on glyphosate is deleted; (2) in Part B, the following entry is added:   Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity  ( 1 ) Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions ‘118 Glyphosate CAS No 1071-83-6 CIPAC No 284 N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine ≥ 950 g/kg Impurities: Formaldehyde, less than 1 g/kg N -Nitroso-glyphosate, less than 1 mg/kg 16 December 2017 15 December 2022 Only uses as herbicide may be authorised. For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on glyphosate, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to: — the protection of the groundwater in vulnerable areas, in particular with respect to non-crop uses, — the protection of operators and amateur users, — the risk to terrestrial vertebrates and non-target terrestrial plants, — the risk to diversity and abundance of non-target terrestrial arthropods and vertebrates via trophic interactions, — compliance of pre-harvest uses with good agricultural practices. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate. Member States shall ensure that use of plant protection products containing glyphosate is minimised in the specific areas listed in Article 12(a) of Directive 2009/128/EC. Member States shall ensure equivalence between the specifications of the technical material, as commercially manufactured, and those of the test material used in the toxicological studies. Member States shall ensure that plant protection products containing glyphosate do not contain the co-formulant POE-tallowamine (CAS No 61791-26-2). ( 1 )   Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.’