Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/680 of 23 March 2023 approving Alkyl (C12-16) dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride (ADBAC/BKC (C12-C16)) as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 1 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/680
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Alkyl (C 12-16 ) dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride (ADBAC/BKC (C 12-C16 )) is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 1 subject to the conditions set out in the Annex.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Common Name

IUPAC Name

Identification Numbers

Minimum degree of purity of the active substance  ( 1 )

Date of approval

Expiry date of approval

Product type

Specific conditions

Alkyl (C 12-16 ) dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride

IUPAC name: Quaternary ammonium compounds, benzyl-C 12-16 -alkyldimethyl, chlorides

EC No: 270-325-2

CAS No: 68424-85-1

Minimum purity of the active substance evaluated: 972 g/kg dry weight

1 July 2024

30 June 2034

1

The authorisation of biocidal products is subject to the following condition:

The product assessment shall pay particular attention to the exposures, the risks and the efficacy linked to any uses covered by an application for authorisation, but not addressed in the Union-level risk assessment of the active substance.

( 1 )   The purity indicated in this column was the minimum degree of purity of the active substance evaluated. The active substance in the product placed on the market can be of equal or different purity if it has been proven to be technically equivalent to the evaluated active substance.