Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1292 of 25 September 2018 approving cyphenothrin as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 18 (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 the third subparagraph of Article 89(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 (2) establishes a list of existing active substances to be evaluated for their possible approval for use in biocidal products. That list includes cyphenothrin.

(2) Cyphenothrin has been evaluated for use in biocidal products of product-type 18, insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods, as described in Annex V to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), which corresponds to product-type 18 as described in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

(3) Greece was designated as a rapporteur Member State and its evaluating competent authority submitted the assessment report together with its recommendations on 11 April 2013.

(4) In accordance with Article 7(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, 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 (4).

(5) It can be derived from Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 that substances for which the Member States' evaluation has been completed by 1 September 2013 should be evaluated while taking into account the conditions set out in Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC. Following the opinion of the European Chemicals Agency, biocidal products of product-type 18 containing cyphenothrin may be expected to satisfy the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC, provided that certain specifications and conditions concerning their use are complied with.

(6) It is therefore appropriate to approve cyphenothrin for use in biocidal products of product-type 18, subject to compliance with certain specifications and conditions.

(7) The opinion of the European Chemicals Agency concludes that cyphenothrin meets the criteria for being a persistent (P) and toxic (T) substance in accordance with Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5).

(8) For the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, cyphenothrin meets the conditions set out in point (d) of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and should be therefore considered a candidate for substitution. The receiving competent authority or, in the case of an evaluation of an application for a Union authorisation, the evaluating competent authority, should perform a comparative assessment as part of the evaluation of an application for authorisation or for renewal of authorisation of a biocidal product containing cyphenothrin.

(9) Since it can be derived from Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 that substances for which the Member States' evaluation has been completed by 1 September 2013 should be approved under the terms of Directive 98/8/EC, the period of approval should be 10 years, in accordance with the practice established under that Directive.

(10) 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.

(11) 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

Cyphenothrin is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 18, 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, 25 September 2018.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 of 4 August 2014 on the work programme for the systematic examination of all existing active substances contained in biocidal products referred to in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 294, 10.10.2014, p. 1).

(3) Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1).

(4) Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) Opinion on the application for approval of the active substance Cyphenothrin, Product type: 18, ECHA/BPC/183/2017, Adopted on 14 December 2017.

(5) 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).