Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/413 of 8 March 2021 renewing the approval of the low-risk active substance blood meal 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 the active substance

Article 1

The approval of the active substance blood meal, 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 twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 April 2021.

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity  ( 1 ) Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions Blood meal 90989-74-5 909 Not applicable 100 % blood meal haemoglobin content: min 80 %. 1 April 2021 31 March 2036 For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the renewal report on blood meal, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, shall be taken into account. Member States shall pay particular attention: — to the protection of fish and aquatic invertebrates when less targeted spraying techniques are used, and — on the need of blood meal-containing plant protection products to be swirled before use to wet the product. ( 1 )   Further details on the identity and the specification of the active substance are provided in the renewal report.

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II The Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows: (1) in Part A, entry 222 on blood meal is deleted; (2) in Part D, the following entry is added: No. Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity  ( * ) Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions ‘26 Blood meal 90989-74-5 909 Not applicable 100 % blood meal haemoglobin content: min 80 %. 1 April 2021 31 March 2036 For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the renewal report on blood meal, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, shall be taken into account. Member States shall pay particular attention: — to the protection of fish and aquatic invertebrates when less targeted spraying techniques are used, and — on the need of blood meal-containing plant protection products to be swirled before use to wet the product. ( * )   Further details on the identity and the specification of the active substance are provided in the renewal report.’