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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... 
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approving calcium oxide (burnt lime) as an existing acti ve substance for use in biocidal 
products of product-types 2 and 3 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
  
EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... 
of XXX  
approving calcium oxide (burnt lime) as an ex isting active substance for use in biocidal 
products of product-types 2 and 3 
(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 calcium oxide (burnt lime). 
(2) Calcium oxide (burnt lime) 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 2, disinfectants  and algaecides not intended  for direct application to 
humans or animals, and product-type 3, vete rinary hygiene, as described in Annex V 
to that Directive, which correspond to produc t-types 2 and 3 respec tively, as described 
in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. 
(3) The United Kingdom was designated as eval uating competent authority and submitted 
the assessment reports toge ther with its recommendations on 19 September 2011. 
(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 14 April 2016 by the Biocidal Products Committee, having regard  to the conclusions of the evaluating 
competent authority. 
(5) According to those opinions, biocidal products of product-types 2 and 3 and 
containing calcium oxide (burnt lime) may be  expected to satisfy the conditions of 
Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC, provided that certain specifications and conditions concerning their use are complied with. 
(6) It is therefore appropriate to  approve calcium oxide (burnt  lime) for use in biocidal 
products of product-types 2 and 3, subject to  compliance 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). 
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 
Calcium oxide (burnt lime) is approved as an ac tive substance for use in biocidal products of 
product-types 2 and 3, subject to  the specifications and condi tions 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