ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Entry 16, on terbuthylazine, in Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is replaced by the following: No Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity ( 1 ) Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions ‘16 Terbuthylazine CAS No 5915-41-3 CIPAC No 234 N2-tert-butyl-6-chloro-N4-ethyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine ≥ 950 g/kg The following impurities are of toxicological concern and must not exceed the following levels in the technical material: — Propazine: maximum of 9 g/kg — Atrazine: maximum of 1 g/kg — Simazine: maximum of 9 g/kg 1 January 2012 31 December 2024 PART A Only uses as herbicide may be authorised. Use shall be limited to one application every three years on the same field at a maximum dose of 850 g terbuthylazine per hectare. PART B 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 terbuthylazine, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 17 June 2011 and updated by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 24 March 2021 shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to: — the consumer risk assessment from exposure to metabolites of terbuthylazine, — the protection of groundwater, when the active substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions, — the risk to mammals and earthworms. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures and the obligation to carry out monitoring programmes to verify potential groundwater contamination in vulnerable zones, where appropriate.’ ( 1 ) Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.