Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1160 of 5 August 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances aluminium ammonium sulphate, aluminium silicate, blood meal, calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide, extract from tea tree, fat distillation residues, fatty acids C7 to C20, garlic extract, gibberellic acid, gibberellins, hydrolysed proteins, iron sulphate, kieselgur (diatomaceous earth), plant oils/rape seed oil, potassium hydrogen carbonate, quartz sand, fish oil, repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat, Straight Chain Lepidopteran Pheromones, tebuconazole and urea (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2020-08-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: market approval, plant health control, plant health product








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6.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 257/29








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1160
of 5 August 2020
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances aluminium ammonium sulphate, aluminium silicate, blood meal, calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide, extract from tea tree, fat distillation residues, fatty acids C7 to C20, garlic extract, gibberellic acid, gibberellins, hydrolysed proteins, iron sulphate, kieselgur (diatomaceous earth), plant oils/rape seed oil, potassium hydrogen carbonate, quartz sand, fish oil, repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat, Straight Chain Lepidopteran Pheromones, tebuconazole and urea
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 17 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (2) sets out the active substances deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/195 (3) extended the approval periods of the active substances aluminium ammonium sulphate, aluminium silicate, blood meal, calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide, extract from tea tree, fat distillation residues, fatty acids C7 to C20, garlic extract, gibberellic acid, gibberellins, hydrolysed proteins, iron sulphate, kieselgur (diatomaceous earth), plant oils/rape seed oil, potassium hydrogen carbonate, quartz sand, fish oil, repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat, Straight Chain Lepidopteran Pheromones and urea until 31 August 2020, and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/707 (4) extended the approval period of the active substance tebuconazole until 31 August 2020.












(3)


Applications for the renewal of the approval of those substances were submitted in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 (5).












(4)


Due to the fact that the assessment of all those substances has been delayed for reasons beyond the control of the applicants, the approvals of those active substances are likely to expire before a decision has been taken on their renewal. It is therefore necessary to extend their approval periods.












(5)


As regards cases where a Regulation is to be adopted providing that the approval of an active substance referred to in the Annex to this Regulation is not renewed because the approval criteria are not satisfied, the expiry date should be set at the same date as before this Regulation was adopted or at the date of the entry into force of the Regulation providing that the approval of the active substance is not renewed, whichever date is later. Where a Regulation is adopted providing for the renewal of an active substance referred to in the Annex to this Regulation, it is appropriate to set, as possible under the circumstances, the earliest possible application date.












(6)


As the approvals of the active substances expire on 31 August 2020, this Regulation should enter into force as soon as possible.












(7)


Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(8)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 5 August 2020.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/195 of 3 February 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of several active substances listed in Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 (AIR IV renewal programme) (OJ L 31, 4.2.2017, p. 21).

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/707 of 7 May 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances alpha-cypermethrin, beflubutamid, benalaxyl, benthiavalicarb, bifenazate, boscalid, bromoxynil, captan, cyazofamid, desmedipham, dimethoate, dimethomorph, diuron, ethephon, etoxazole, famoxadone, fenamiphos, flumioxazine, fluoxastrobin, folpet, foramsulfuron, formetanate, metalaxyl-m, methiocarb, metribuzin, milbemectin, Paecilomyces lilacinus strain 251, phenmedipham, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl, propamocarb, prothioconazole, s-metolachlor and tebuconazole (OJ L 120, 8.5.2019, p. 16).

(5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 of 18 September 2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 252, 19.9.2012, p. 26).




ANNEX
Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows:






(1)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 219, Aluminium ammonium sulphate, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(2)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 220, Aluminium silicate, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(3)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 222, Blood meal, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(4)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 224, Calcium carbonate, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(5)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 225, Carbon dioxide, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(6)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 228, Extract from tea tree, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(7)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 229, Fat distillation residues, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(8)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 230, Fatty acids C7 to C20, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(9)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 231, Garlic extract, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(10)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 232, Gibberellic acid, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(11)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 233, Gibberellins, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(12)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 234, Hydrolysed proteins, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(13)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 235, Iron sulphate, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(14)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 236, Kieselgur (diatomaceous earth), the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(15)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 242, Plant oils/rape seed oil, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(16)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 244, Potassium hydrogen carbonate, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(17)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 247, Quartz sand, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(18)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 248, Fish oil, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(19)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 249, Repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(20)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 255, Straight Chain Lepidopteran Pheromones, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(21)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 268, Tebuconazole, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’;










(22)


in the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 257, Urea, the date is replaced by ‘31 August 2021’.