Document ID: 32019D1973
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>28.11.2019&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 307/58</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/1973
of 27 November 2019
not approving silver copper zeolite as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2 and 7
(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:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> establishes a list of existing active substances to be evaluated for their possible approval for use in biocidal products. That list includes silver copper zeolite (EC No: n.a., CAS No: 130328-19-7).</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>Silver copper zeolite has been evaluated for use in products of product-type 2, disinfectants and algaecides not intended for direct application to humans or animals, and of product-type 7, film preservatives, as described in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Sweden was designated as a rapporteur Member State and its competent authority submitted the assessment reports together with its conclusions to the European Chemicals Agency on 12 June 2017.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Article 7(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, the opinions of the European Chemicals Agency&#160;<a>(<span>3</span>)</a> were adopted on 17 October 2018 by the Biocidal Products Committee, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating competent authority.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>According to those opinions, biocidal products of product-types 2 and 7 containing silver copper zeolite may not be expected to meet the criteria laid down in Article 19(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 as sufficient efficacy has not been demonstrated.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(6)</p></td><td><p>Taking into account the opinions of the European Chemicals Agency, it is not appropriate to approve silver copper zeolite for use in biocidal products of product-types 2 and 7, as the conditions laid down in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 are not satisfied.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(7)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Silver copper zeolite (EC No: n.a., CAS No: 130328-19-7) is not approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2 and 7.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
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( 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 ) Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) opinion on the application for approval of the active substance Silver copper zeolite, Product type: 2, ECHA/BPC/210/2018, adopted on 17 October 2018; Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) opinion on the application for approval of the active substance Silver copper zeolite, Product type: 7, ECHA/BPC/213/2018, adopted on 17 October 2018.
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