Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1131 of 13 August 2018 approving penflufen as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 (Text with EEA relevance.)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The evaluating competent authority of the United Kingdom received on 7 July 2015 an application for the approval of the active substance penflufen for use in biocidal products of product-type 8, wood preservatives, as described in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

(2) The evaluating competent authority of the United Kingdom submitted the assessment report together with its recommendations on 28 February 2017 in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

(3) The opinion of the European Chemicals Agency was formulated on 14 December 2017 by the Biocidal Products Committee, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating competent authority (2).

(4) According to that opinion, biocidal products of product-type 8 containing penflufen may be expected to satisfy the criteria of Article 19(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, provided that certain specifications and conditions concerning their use are complied with.

(5) It is therefore appropriate to approve penflufen for use in biocidal products of product-type 8, subject to compliance with certain specifications and conditions.

(6) Since the opinion of the European Chemical Agency concludes that penflufen meets the criteria for being very persistent (vP) in accordance with Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), treated articles treated with or incorporating penflufen should be labelled appropriately when placed on the market.

(7) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is approved in order to permit interested parties to take the preparatory measures necessary to meet the new requirements.

(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Penflufen is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8, subject to the specifications and 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.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 August 2018.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1.

(2) Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) Opinion on the application for approval of the active substance Penflufen, Product type: 8, ECHA/BPC/184/2017, Adopted on 14 December 2017.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).