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Commission Directive 2013/27/EU of 17 May 2013 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to            include chlorfenapyr as an active substance in Annex I thereto (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Directive 2013/27/EU                     

# of 17 May 2013

# amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include chlorfenapyr as an active substance in                        Annex I thereto                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 16(2) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 of 4 December 2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in                              Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products                              on the market(2) establishes a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive                              98/8/EC. That list includes chlorfenapyr.

(2)Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, chlorfenapyr has been evaluated in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 98/8/EC                              for use in product-type 8, wood preservatives, as defined in Annex V to that Directive.

(3)Portugal was designated as rapporteur Member State and submitted the competent authority report, together with a recommendation,                              to the Commission in August 2006 in accordance with Article 10(5) and (7) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 of 4                              November 2003 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European                              Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1896/2000(3).

(4)The competent authority report was reviewed by the Member States and the Commission. In accordance with Article 15(4) of Regulation                              (EC) No 1451/2007, the findings of the review were incorporated, within the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products on 14                              December 2012, in an assessment report.

(5)It appears from the evaluations that biocidal products used as wood preservatives and containing chlorfenapyr may be expected                              to satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC. It is therefore appropriate to include chlorfenapyr                              for use in product-type 8 in Annex I to that Directive.

(6)Not all potential uses and exposure scenarios have been evaluated at Union level. It is therefore appropriate to require that                              Member States assess those uses or exposure scenarios and those risks to human populations and to environmental compartments                              that have not been representatively addressed in the Union level risk assessment and, when granting product authorisations,                              ensure that appropriate measures are taken or specific conditions imposed in order to reduce the identified risks to acceptable                              levels.

(7)In view of the risks identified for human health, it is appropriate to require that safe operational procedures are established,                              and that products are used with appropriate personal protective equipment, and that products are only authorised for industrial                              or professional users, unless it can be demonstrated in the application for product authorisation that risks can be reduced                              to an acceptable level by other means.

(8)In view of the risks identified for the environment, it is appropriate to require that industrial or professional application                              is conducted within a contained area or on impermeable hard standing with bunding, that freshly treated timber is stored after                              treatment on impermeable hard standing to prevent direct losses to soil or water, and that any losses from the application                              of products used as wood preservatives and containing chlorfenapyr are collected for reuse or disposal.

(9)Unacceptable risks for the environment were identified for situations where wood treated with chlorfenapyr was used outdoors.                              It is therefore appropriate to require that products are not authorised for the treatment of wood intended for outdoor use,                              unless data is submitted demonstrating that the product will meet the requirements of both Article 5 of and Annex VI to Directive                              98/8/EC, if necessary by the application of appropriate risk mitigation measures.

(10)The provisions of this Directive should be applied simultaneously in all Member States in order to ensure equal treatment                              on the Union market of biocidal products of product-type 8 containing the active substance chlorfenapyr and also to facilitate                              the proper operation of the biocidal products market in general.

(11)A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is included in Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC, in                              order to permit Member States and interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements entailed and to ensure                              that applicants who have prepared dossiers can benefit fully from the 10-year period of data protection, which, in accordance                              with Article 12(1)(c)(ii) of Directive 98/8/EC, starts from the date of inclusion.

(12)After inclusion, Member States should be allowed a reasonable period to implement Article 16(3) of Directive 98/8/EC.

(13)Directive 98/8/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(14)In accordance with the Joint Political Declaration of 28 September 2011 of Member States and the Commission on explanatory                              documents(4), Member States have undertaken to accompany, in justified cases, the notification of their transposition measures with one                              or more documents explaining the relationship between the components of a directive and the corresponding parts of national                              transposition instruments.

(15)The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

# Article 2U.K.

1.Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 April 2014 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions                        necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.                  

They shall apply those provisions from 1 May 2015.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference                     on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.                  

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the                        field covered by this Directive.                  

# Article 3U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

# Article 4U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 May 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

In Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC, the following entry is added:

1

OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1.                           

2

OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 3.                           

3

OJ L 307, 24.11.2003, p. 1.                           

4

OJ C 369, 17.12.2011, p. 14.