Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/686 of 28 April 2022 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2015/1295 and (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance sulfoxaflor (Text with EEA relevance)

Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1295

Article 1

Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1295 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 the Annex II to this Regulation.

Transitional measures

Article 3

Member States shall, where necessary, withdraw or amend authorisations for plant protection products containing sulfoxaflor as active substance by 19 November 2022 at the latest.

Grace period

Article 4

Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall expire by 19 May 2023 at the latest.

Entry into force

Article 5

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) 2015/1295, the text of the column ‘Specific provisions’ is replaced by the following: ‘Only uses in permanent greenhouses may be authorised. 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 sulfoxaflor, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 29 May 2015 and updated on 28 January 2022, shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment, Member States shall pay particular attention to the risk to bees and bumble bees released for pollination, when products containing the substance are applied in greenhouses. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II The text of the column ‘Specific provisions’ of row 88, sulfoxaflor, in Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: ‘Only uses in permanent greenhouses may be authorised. 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 sulfoxaflor, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 29 May 2015 and updated on 28 January 2022, shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment, Member States shall pay particular attention to the risk to bees and bumble bees released for pollination, when products containing the substance are applied in greenhouses. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’