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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
PLAN/896/2024  
(POOL/E4/2024/896/896 -EN.docx)  
[…](2024) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2101 postponing the expiry date of the 
approval of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product -types 8 and 18  
(Text with EEA relevance)    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2101 postponing the expiry date of the 
approval  of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product -types 8 and 18  
(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 Article 14( 5) thereof,  
After consulting the Standing Co mmittee on Biocidal Products , 
Whereas:  
(1) Sulfuryl fluoride  was included in Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council2 as an active substance for use in bio cidal products of 
product -types 8 and 18 . Pursuant to Article 86 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 , it was 
therefore considered approved until 31 December 2018 for use in biocidal products of 
product -type 8 and until 30 June 2021 for use in biocidal products of product -type 18 
under that Regulation subject to the requirements  set out in Annex I to Directive 
98/8/EC.  
(2) On 28 June 2017, applications were submitted in accordance with Article 13(1) of 
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for the renewal of the approval of sulfuryl fluoride for 
use in biocidal products of product -types 8 and 18 (‘the applications’). The 
applications were evaluated by the competent authority of Sweden  (‘the evaluating 
competent authority’).  
(3) Pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/14793, the expiry date of 
approval of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product -type 8 has been 
postponed to 30 June 2021, in order to allow sufficient time for the examination of the 
application. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/7134 further postponed 
the expiry date of the approval of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of 
                                                 
1 OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/528/oj.  
2 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, ELI: 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1998/8/oj ). 
3 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1479 of 3 October 2018 postponing the expiry date of 
approv al of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product -type 8 (OJ L 249, 4.10.2018, p. 16 , 
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_i mpl/2018/1479/oj ). 
4 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/713 of 29 April 2021 postponing the expiry date of 
approval of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product -types 8 and 18 (OJ L 147, 
30.4.2021, p. 21 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/713/oj ).  
EN 2  EN product -types 8 and 18 to 31 December 2023. That expiry was again postponed by 
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/21015 to 31 December 2024.  
(4) Commission Implementing Decision  (EU) C(2024) 25206 [Publication office please 
add here the number of this Decision once it is associated, along the whole Decision ] 
did not renew the approval of sulfuryl fluoride  for use in biocidal products of product -
types 8 and 18 . Therefore, it is appropriate to repeal Implementing Decision (EU) 
2023/2101  postponing the expiry date of the approval of sulfuryl fluoride , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1  
Implementing Decision (EU) 202 3/2101  is repealed.  
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following t hat of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union . 
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula V ON DER LEYEN   
 
                                                 
5 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2101 of 28 September 2023 postponing the expiry date 
of the appro val of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product -types 8 and 18 in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 241, 
29.9.2023, p. 147 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2101/oj ). 
6 Commission Implementing Decision  (EU) C(2024) 2520  of XXX  not renewing the approval of sulfuryl 
fluoride  for use in biocidal products of product -types 8 and 18  in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 
528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L …, …, p. …).