Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/459 of 16 March 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance fenpyrazamine (Text with EEA relevance)

Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

Article 1

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

Transitional measures

Article 2

Member States shall, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing fenpyrazamine as active substance by 6 July 2021 at the latest.

Grace period

Article 3

Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall be as short as possible and shall expire by 6 July 2022 at the latest.

Entry into force

Article 4

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

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX The column ‘Purity’ of row 25, fenpyrazamine, of Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: ‘≥ 960 g/kg The following manufacturing impurity is of toxicological concern and must not exceed the following amount in the technical material: Hydrazine: maximum content: < 0,0001 % (1 mg/kg)’ The column ‘Specific provisions’ of row 25, fenpyrazamine, of Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: ‘PART B 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 fenpyrazamine, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 1 June 2012 and the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 18 May 2020 shall be taken into account. The purity given in this entry is based on a commercial plant production.’