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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... 
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approving Didecylmethylpoly(oxyethyl)ammonium  propionate as an  existing active 
substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
  
EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... 
of XXX  
approving Didecylmethylpoly(oxyethyl)ammoni um propionate as an existing active 
substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 
(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 avai lable on the market and use of biocidal 
products
1, and in particular the third subpa ragraph of Article 89(1) thereof, 
Whereas: (1) Commission Delegated Re gulation (EU) No 1062/2014
2 establishes a list of existing 
active substances to be evaluated for thei r possible approval for use in biocidal 
products. That list includes Didecylm ethylpoly(oxyethyl)ammonium propionate. 
(2) Didecylmethylpoly(oxyethyl)ammonium propionate has been evaluated in accordance 
with Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council3 for use in products of product-type 8, wood preservatives, as de in Annex V 
to that Directive, which corresponds to product-type 8 as defi ned in Annex V to 
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. 
(3) Italy was designated as evaluating compet ent authority and submitted the assessment 
reports together with its r ecommendations on 20 November 2007. 
(4) In accordance with Article 7(2) of De legated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, the 
opinion of the European Chemicals Agen cy was formulated on 8 December 2015 by 
the Biocidal Products Committee, having rega rd to the conclusions of the evaluating 
competent authority. 
(5) According to that opinion, biocidal produc ts of product-type 8 and containing 
Didecylmethylpoly(oxyethyl)ammonium propiona te may be expected to satisfy the 
requirements of Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC, provided that certain conditions 
concerning their use are complied with. 
(6) It is therefore appropriate to appr ove Didecylmethylpoly(oxyethyl)ammonium 
propionate for use in biocidal  products of product-type 8, subject to compliance with 
certain specificati ons and conditions. 
                                                 
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 substan ces 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).  
EN 3   EN (7) 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 th e new requirements. 
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on Biocidal Products, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Didecylmethylpoly(oxyethyl)ammonium propionate is approved as an active substance for 
use in biocidal products of produc t-type 8, subject to the specif ications 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  Jean-Claude JUNCKER