Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1488 of 6 July 2023 renewing the approval of the low-risk active substance quartz sand in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1488
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Renewal of the approval of the active substance

The approval of the active substance quartz sand, as specified in Annex I, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2 Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

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

Article 3 Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 1 September 2023.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers

IUPAC Name

Purity  ( 1 )

Date of approval

Expiration of approval

Specific provisions

Quartz sand (there is no ISO common name)

(1)

7631-86-9 (CAS)

(2)

14808-60-7 (CAS)

855 (CIPAC)

[ So far they have been indicated as:

CAS No: 14808-60-7 CIPAC No: not allocated]

1)

Silicon dioxide

2)

Quartz

915 g/kg

The impurity crystalline silica with a particle diameter ≤ 10 μm is of toxicological concern and shall not exceed a level of 0,1 % of particles in the technical material.

1 September 2023

31 August 2038

For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the renewal report on quartz sand, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.

Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.

( 1 )   Further details on the identity and the specification of the active substance are provided in the renewal report.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Part A, entry 247 on quartz sand is deleted;

(2)

in Part D, the following entry is added:

Number

Common Name, Identification Numbers

IUPAC Name

Purity  ( 1 )

Date of approval

Expiration of approval

Specific provisions

‘44

Quartz sand (there is no ISO common name)

(1)

7631-86-9 (CAS)

(2)

14808-60-7 (CAS)

855 (CIPAC)

[ So far they have been indicated as: CAS No: 14808-60-7 CIPAC No: not allocated]

(1)

Silicon dioxide

(2)

Quartz

915 g/kg

The impurity crystalline silica with a particle diameter ≤ 10 μm is of toxicological concern and shall not exceed a level of 0,1 % of particles in the technical material.

1 September 2023

31 August 2038

For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the renewal report on quartz sand, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.

Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

( 1 )   Further details on the identity and the specification of the active substance are provided in the renewal report.