02011R0820 — EN — 14.06.2021 — 001.001

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►B COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 820/2011 of 16 August 2011 approving the active substance terbuthylazine, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 and Commission Decision 2008/934/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 209 17.8.2011, p. 18)

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 820/2011

of 16 August 2011

approving the active substance terbuthylazine, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 and Commission Decision 2008/934/EC

(Text with EEA relevance)







Article 1

Approval of active substance

The active substance terbuthylazine, as specified in Annex I, is approved subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2

Re-evaluation of plant protection products

1. Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing terbuthylazine as an active substance by 30 June 2012.

By that date they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to this Regulation are met, with the exception of those identified in Part B of the column on specific provisions of that Annex, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC in accordance with the conditions of Article 13(1) to (4) of that Directive and Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing terbuthylazine as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances all of which were listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 by 31 December 2011 at the latest, Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC and taking into account Part B of the column on specific provisions of Annex I to this Regulation. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Following that determination Member States shall: (a) in the case of a product containing terbuthylazine as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 December 2015 at the latest; or (b) in the case of a product containing terbuthylazine as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 December 2015 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective act or acts which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC or approved that substance or substances, whichever is the latest.

Article 3

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 4

Amendments to Decision 2008/934/EC

The line concerning terbuthylazine in the Annex to Decision 2008/934/EC is deleted.

Article 5

Entry into force and date of application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2012.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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ANNEX I







Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity (1) Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions Terbuthylazine CAS No 5915-41-3 CIPAC No 234 N2-tert-butyl-6-chloro-N4-ethyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine ≥ 950 g/kg The following impurities are of toxicological concern and must not exceed the following levels in the technical material: — Propazine: maximum of 9 g/kg — Atrazine: maximum of 1 g/kg — Simazine: maximum of 9 g/kg 1 January 2012 31 December 2024 PART A Only uses as herbicide may be authorised. Use shall be limited to one application every three years on the same field at a maximum dose of 850 g terbuthylazine per hectare. PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on terbuthylazine, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 17 June 2011 and updated by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 24 March 2021 shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to: — the consumer risk assessment from exposure to metabolites of terbuthylazine, — the protection of groundwater, when the active substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions, — the risk to mammals and earthworms. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures and the obligation to carry out monitoring programmes to verify potential groundwater contamination in vulnerable zones, where appropriate ( 1 ) Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.

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ANNEX II

In Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the following entry is added: