COMMISSION DELEGA TED REGUL ATION (EU) 2019/1820 
of 8 August 2019 
amending Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council to include 
Sacc haromy ces cerevisiae as an activ e subst ance in Annex I thereto 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concer ning 
the making available on the mark et and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular Article 28(1) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) The active substance Saccharomy ces cerevisiae, insof ar as it constituted food or feed intended for use as a repellent or 
attractant of product type 19, used to benefit from the food and feed derog ation provided for in Article 6 of 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 (2). 
(2) A notifi cation was submitted pursuant to Article 16(5) of Commission Deleg ated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 (3) 
for Saccharomy ces cerevisiae for product type 19 benefiting from the food and feed derogation. The European 
Chemicals Agency (‘the Agency’) declared the notifi cation to be compl iant and informed the Commission of the 
compl iance pursuant to Article 17 of that Regulation. Sacchar omyces cerevisiae was consequently included for 
product type 19 in the list of substance/product type combinations included in the programme of review of existing 
active substances contained in biocidal products (4). 
(3) On 31 Januar y 2017 the Commission asked the Agency for an opinion on whether Saccharomy ces cerevisiae gives rise 
to concer n according to Article 28(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. 
(4) The opinion of the Agen cy (5) concluded that Saccharomy ces cerevisiae does not give rise to concer n and is theref ore 
eligible for inclusion in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. 
(5) Taking into account the opinion of the Agen cy, it is appropr iate to include Saccharomy ces cerevisiae in Annex I to 
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. As Sacchar omyces cerevisiae is of natural origin, it should be included in categor y 4 
‘Traditionally used substances of natural origin’ . Saccharom yces cerevisiae should be included in that Annex only 
insof ar as it falls within the definit ion of ‘food’ or ‘feed’ refer red to in point (u) of Article 3(1) of that Regulation. 
This is consiste nt with the fact that Saccharomy ces cerevisiae only benefited from the food and feed derogation 
provid ed for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 if it was food or feed. 
(1)OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 of 4 December 2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in 
Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concer ning the placing of biocidal products on the 
market (OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 3). 
(3)Commission Delegat ed 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). 
(4)Commission Delegat ed Regulation (EU) 2019/157 of 6 November 2018 amending Annex II to Delegat ed Regulation (EU) No 
1062/2014 on the work programme for the system atic 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 31, 1.2.2019, p. 1). 
(5)Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) Opinion of 14 December 2017 on the eligibility of certain food and feed active substances for 
inclusion into Annex I to the BPR, ECH A/BPC/186/2017. EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 279/4                                                                                                                                         31.10.2019   (6) Article 89(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 contains transitional measures where an existing active substance 
included in the work programme for the systematic examination of existing active substances is approved in 
accordance with that Regulation. With respect to Sacchar omyces cerevisiae for product-type 19, the date of approval 
for the purposes of Article 89(3) of that Regulation should be set at 1 June 2021, in order to allow sufficient time 
for applications for author isation to be submitted in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 89(3) of 
that Regulation, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
For the purposes of Article 89(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, the date of approval of Saccharomy ces cerevisiae for 
product-type 19 is 1 June 2021. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng 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, 8 August 2019.  
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCKER     EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 31.10.2019                                                                                                                                         L 279/5   ANNEX 
In Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, in Categor y 4 of the list of active substances referred to in Article 25(a), the 
follo wing entr y is added:                                                              
EC number Name/group Restr iction Comment 
‘Not available Saccharomy ces cerevisiae 
(yea st) (*)  Excluding Saccharomy ces  
cerevisiae that is not food or 
feed. CAS No 68876-77-7 
(*)  The date of approval of Saccharomy ces cerevisiae for product-type 19 for the purposes of Article 89(3) is 1 June 2021.’.   EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 279/6                                                                                                                                         31.10.2019