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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1623 of 29 October 2018 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mosquitoes non-naturally infected with Wolbachia used for vector control purposes (Text with EEA relevance.)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1623 of 29 October 2018 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mosquitoes non-naturally infected with Wolbachia used for vector control purposes (Text with EEA relevance.)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1623 · Decision · 2 articles

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Article 1

The bacteria of the genus Wolbachia or any preparation containing those bacteria used for the purpose of inoculating those bacteria into mosquitoes with the objective of creating non-naturally infected mosquitoes for vector control purposes shall be considered a biocidal product within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. Non-naturally infected mosquitoes, irrespectively of the infection technique used, shall be considered neither a biocidal product nor a treated article within the meaning of points (a) and (l) of Article 3(1), respectively, of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

Article 2

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

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