Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/574 of 30 March 2021 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/375 and (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance prosulfuron (Text with EEA relevance)

Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/375

Article 1

Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/375 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Amendment 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

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 .

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I In Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/375, the text of the column ‘Specific provisions’ is replaced by the following: ‘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 prosulfuron including its addendum, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, shall be taken into account. In that overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to: — the protection of groundwater, when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions; — the protection of consumers, taking into account exposure to metabolites of prosulfuron; — the risk to non-target terrestrial and aquatic plants. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II The text of the column ‘Specific provisions’ of row 6, prosulfuron, in Part E of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: ‘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 prosulfuron including its addendum, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, shall be taken into account. In that overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to: — the protection of groundwater, when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions; — the protection of consumers, taking into account exposure to metabolites of prosulfuron; — the risk to non-target terrestrial and aquatic plants. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’