Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/622 of 20 April 2018 not approving chlorophene as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 3 (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-04-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: animal welfare, chemical product, market approval








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23.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 102/80








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/622
of 20 April 2018
         
not approving chlorophene as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 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 available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular Article 89(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 (2) establishes a list of existing active substances to be evaluated for their possible approval for use in biocidal products. That list includes chlorophene (EC No: 204-385-8, CAS No: 120-32-1).












(2)


Chlorophene has been evaluated for use in products of product-type 3, veterinary hygiene, as described in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.












(3)


Norway was designated as evaluating competent authority and submitted the assessment report together with its recommendations on 22 December 2016.












(4)


In accordance with Article 7(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, the opinion of the European Chemicals Agency was formulated on 3 October 2017 by the Biocidal Products Committee, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating competent authority.












(5)


According to that opinion, biocidal products used for product-type 3 containing chlorophene may not be expected to satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 19(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. For that product-type, the scenarios evaluated in the human health risk assessment identified unacceptable risks.












(6)


It is therefore not appropriate to approve chlorophene for use in biocidal products of product-type 3.












(7)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Chlorophene (EC No: 204-385-8, CAS No: 120-32-1) is not approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 3.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 20 April 2018.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(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 substances 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).