Document ID: 32022R2405
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>9.12.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 317/54</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2405
of 7 December 2022
correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044 as regards the period of validity of the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Pesguard® Gel’
(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 44(5), first subparagraph, thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> granted a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product &#8216;Pesguard&#174; Gel&#8217; containing clothianidin as an active substance that is a candidate for substitution, identified in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/985&#160;<a>(<span>3</span>)</a> in accordance with Article&#160;10(5) of Regulation (EU) No&#160;528/2012.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>According to Article&#160;23(6) of Regulation (EU) No&#160;528/2012, an authorisation for a biocidal product containing an active substance that is a candidate for substitution is to be granted for a period not exceeding five years.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>The Commission, in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044, erroneously granted the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product &#8216;Pesguard&#174; Gel&#8217; for a period of 10&#160;years.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044 should therefore be corrected accordingly.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044 is corrected as follows:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>in Article&#160;1, in the second paragraph, &#8216;30&#160;June 2031&#8217; is replaced by &#8216;30&#160;June 2026&#8217;;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>in the Annex, in point 1.2, in the table, in the row &#8216;Expiry date of the authorisation&#8217;, &#8216;30&#160;June 2031&#8217; is replaced by &#8216;30&#160;June 2026&#8217;.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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, 7 December 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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( 1 ) OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1 .
( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044 of 22 June 2021 granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Pesguard® Gel’ ( OJ L 225, 25.6.2021, p. 54 ).
( 3 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/985 of 24 June 2015 approving clothianidin as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 18 ( OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 46 ).
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