Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/660 of 26 April 2018 renewing the approval of the active substance bentazone 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. )

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/660
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Renewal of the approval of the active substance

The approval of the active substance bentazone is renewed as set out in Annex I.

Article 2 Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

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

Article 3 Entry into force and date of application

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

It shall apply from 1 June 2018.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers

IUPAC Name

Purity  ( 1 )

Date of approval

Expiration of approval

Specific provisions

Bentazone

CAS No 25057-89-0

CIPAC No 366

3-isopropyl-1 H -2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3 H )-one 2,2- dioxide

≥ 960 g/kg

1,2-dichloroethane < 3 mg/kg

1 June 2018

31 May 2025

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 bentazone, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.

In their overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:

—

the technical specification,

—

the protection of operators and workers,

—

the risk to birds and mammals,

—

the protection of groundwater, particularly but not only in drinking water protected areas, and shall carefully consider the timing of application, soil and/or climatic conditions.

Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.

The applicant shall submit by 1 February 2019 to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority confirmatory information as regards Level 2/3 tests as currently indicated in the OECD Conceptual Framework investigating the potential for endocrine-mediated effects of bentazone.

( 1 )   Further details on the identity and specification of the active substance are provided in the review report.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Part A, entry 11 on bentazone is deleted;

(2)

in Part B, the following entry is added:

Number

Common Name, Identification Numbers

IUPAC Name

Purity  ( 1 )

Date of approval

Expiration of approval

Specific provisions

‘120

Bentazone

CAS No 25057-89-0

CIPAC No 366

3-isopropyl-1 H -2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3 H )-one 2,2- dioxide

≥ 960 g/kg

1,2-dichloroethane < 3 mg/kg

1 June 2018

31 May 2025

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 bentazone, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.

In their overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:

—

the technical specification,

—

the protection of operators and workers,

—

the risk to birds and mammals,

—

the protection of groundwater, particularly but not only in drinking water protected areas, and shall carefully consider the timing of application, soil and/or climatic conditions.

Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures where appropriate.

The applicant shall submit by 1 February 2019 to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority confirmatory information as regards Level 2/3 tests as currently indicated in the OECD Conceptual Framework investigating the potential for endocrine-mediated effects of bentazone.’

( 1 )   Further details on the identity and specification of the active substance are provided in the review report.