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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... 
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approving chlorocresol as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of 
product-types 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
  
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of XXX  
approving chlorocresol as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of 
product-types 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9 
(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 chlorocresol. 
(2) Chlorocresol has been evaluated for use in  products of product-type 1, human hygiene, 
of product-type 2, disinfectants  and algaecides not intended for direct application to 
humans or animals, of product-type 3, veterinary hygiene, of product-type 6, 
preservatives for products during storage, a nd of product-type 9, fibre, leather, rubber 
and polymerised materials preservatives, as described in Annex V to Regulation (EU) 
No 528/2012. 
(3) France was designated as evaluating competent authority and submitted the 
assessment reports together with it s recommendations on 8 October 2013, 
15 November 2013 and 18 December 2013. 
(4) In accordance with Article 7(2) of De legated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, the 
opinions of the European Chemicals Agency were formulated on 13 April 2016 by the Biocidal Products Committee, having regard  to the conclusions of the evaluating 
competent authority. 
(5) According to those opinions, biocidal pr oducts of product-types 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9 and 
containing chlorocresol may be expected to satisfy the criteria of  Article 19(1)(b) of 
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, provided that certain spec ifications and conditions 
concerning their use are complied with. 
(6) It is therefore appropriate to approve chlo rocresol for use in biocidal products of 
product-types 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9, subject to comp liance with certain specifications 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).  
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 
Chlorocresol is approved as an active subs tance for use in biocidal products of product-
types 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9, subject to the specifi cations 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