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SANTE/10634/2020 
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[…](2020) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
approving reaction mass of peracetic acid (PAA) and peroxyoctanoic acid (POOA) as an 
existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product -types 2, 3 and 4  
(Text with EEA relevance)   EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
approving reaction mass of peracetic acid (PAA) and peroxyoctanoic acid (POOA) as an 
existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product -types 2, 3 and 4  
(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 
products1, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 89(1) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/20142 establi shes a list of existing 
active substances to be  evaluated for their possible approval for use in biocidal 
products. That list includes peroxyoctanoic acid , to be renamed reaction mass of 
peracetic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid , as the result of its evaluati on. 
(2) Reaction mass of peracet ic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid  has been evaluated for use in 
biocidal products of product -type 2, disinfectants and algaecides not intended for 
direct application to humans or animals , product -type 3, veterinary hygiene , and 
product -type 4, food and feed area , as described in Annex  V to Regulation (EU) 
No 528/2012.  
(3) France  was designated as the rapporteur Member State and its evaluating competent 
authority submitted the assessment report together with its conclusions  to the 
European Chemicals Agency  (‘the Agency’)  on 2 January 201 9. 
(4) In accordance with Article 7(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, the 
Biocidal Products Committee adopted the opinion s of the Agency3 on 4 March 2020 , 
having regard to the conclusions of the  evaluating competent authority.  
(5) According to those opinion s, biocidal products of product -types 2, 3 and 4  containing  
reaction mass of peracetic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid  may be expected to meet  the 
criteria laid down in  point (b) of Article  19(1) of Regulation (EU) No  528/2012, 
provided that certain specifications and conditions concerning their use are complied 
with.  
                                                 
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 582/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 294, 10.10.2014, 
p. 1). 
3 Biocidal Products Committee  Opinion on the application for approval of the active substance reaction 
mass of peracetic acid (PAA) and peroxyoctanoic acid (POOA) ; Product type: 2, 3 and 4 ; ECHA 
/BPC/242,243 and 244 , adopted on 4 March 2020 . EN 2  EN (6) Taking into account the opinion s of the Agency, it is appropriate to approve reaction 
mass of peracetic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid for use in biocidal products of product -
types 2, 3 and 4 , subject to compliance with certain specifications and conditions.  
(7) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is 
approved in order to permit interested parties to take t he 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  
Reaction mass of peraceti c acid and peroxyoctanoic acid  is approved as an active substance 
for use in biocidal products of product -types 2, 3 and 4  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,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN