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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1039/2013 of 24 October 2013 modifying the approval of nonanoic acid as an existing            active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 2 (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1039/2013                     

# of 24 October 2013

# modifying the approval of nonanoic acid as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 2

# (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 products(1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 89(1) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007(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 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3). That list includes nonanoic acid.

(2)Nonanoic acid has been included into Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC for use in product-type 2 through Commission Directive 2012/41/EU(4), and is therefore considered as approved for that product-type by virtue of Article 86 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

(3)Furthermore, nonanoic acid has been evaluated in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 98/8/EC for use in product-type                              10, masonry preservatives, as defined in Annex V to that Directive. The evaluation covered use as an algaecide for the curative                              treatment of construction materials. That specific use is now covered by product-type 2 as defined in Annex V to Regulation                              (EU) No 528/2012.

(4)Austria was designated as Rapporteur Member State and submitted the competent authority report, together with a recommendation,                              to the Commission on 3 April 2012 in accordance with Article 14(4) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007.

(5)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 27                              September 2013, in an assessment report.

(6)It appears from that report that biocidal products used as an algaecide for the curative treatment of construction materials                              and containing nonanoic acid may be expected to satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC.

(7)The existing approval of nonanoic acid for product-type 2 does not cover the conditions resulting from the evaluation of products                              used as an algaecide for the curative treatment of construction materials. It is therefore appropriate to complement that                              existing approval with those conditions. For the purpose of allowing all interested parties to prepare themselves to meet                              the new requirements following from the recent redefinition of biocidal product-types, it is furthermore appropriate to modify                              the date of approval originally provided for by Directive 2012/41/EU.

(8)Since the evaluation did not address nanomaterials, the approval should not cover such materials pursuant to Article 4(4)                              of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Nonanoic acid shall be approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 2, subject to the specifications,                     the new conditions and the new date of approval set out in the Annex.                  

# Article 2U.K.

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, 24 October 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

1

OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1.                           

2

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 (OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 3).                           

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).                           

4

Commission Directive No 2012/41/EU of 26 November 2012 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council                              to extend the inclusion in Annex I thereto of the active substance nonanoic acid to product type 2 (OJ L 327, 27.11.2012, p. 28).