Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1421 of 6 July 2023 approving sulfur dioxide released from sodium metabisulfite as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 9 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1421
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Sulfur dioxide released from sodium metabisulfite is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 9 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

Sulfur dioxide released from sodium metabisulfite

IUPAC name: disodium disulphite

EC No: 231-673-0

CAS No: 7681-57-4

Minimum purity of sodium metabisulfite: 95 % w/w

1 August 2023

31 July 2033

9

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

(1)

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;

(2)

The product assessment shall pay particular attention to:

(a)

professional users;

(b)

toddlers.

( 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.