Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/458 of 1 March 2023 on the non-approval of certain active substances for use in biocidal products in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: biocide, chemical product, cosmetic product, decontamination, market approval, marketing standard, preservative, public hygiene








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3.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 67/51








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/458
of 1 March 2023
         
on the non-approval of certain active substances for use in biocidal products in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(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), third subparagraph, thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 (2) establishes in its Annex II a list of active substance/product-type combinations included in the review programme of existing active substances in biocidal products.












(2)


For a number of active substance/product-type combinations included in that list, all the participants have withdrawn or are considered to have withdrawn their support in a timely manner.












(3)


In accordance with Article 14(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, the European Chemicals Agency published an open invitation to take over the role of participant for those active substance/product-type combinations for which the role of participant had not previously been taken over. For those combinations no notification has been submitted to the European Chemicals Agency within the time limit provided for by Article 14(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014. Therefore, those active substance/product-type combinations, in accordance with Article 20, first paragraph, point (b), of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, should not be approved for use in biocidal products.












(4)


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
The active substances listed in the Annex are not approved for the product-types indicated therein.


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, 1 March 2023.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(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).




ANNEX
Active substance/product-type combinations not approved:










Entry Number in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014


Substance name


Rapporteur Member State


EC number


CAS number


Product-type(s)




1022


Dialuminium chloride pentahydroxide


NL


234-933-1


12042-91-0


2




691


Sodium N-(hydroxymethyl)glycinate


AT


274-357-8


70161-44-3


6




459


Reaction mass of titanium dioxide and silver chloride


SE


Not available


Not available


1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11




531


(benzyloxy)methanol


AT


238-588-8


14548-60-8


13




1016


Silver chloride


SE


232-033-3


7783-90-6


1




444


7a-ethyldihydro-1H,3H,5H-oxazolo[3,4-c]oxazole (EDHO)


PL


231-810-4


7747-35-5


6, 13




797


cis-1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1- azoniaadamantane chloride (cis CTAC)


PL


426-020-3


51229-78-8


6, 13




368


Methenamine 3-chloroallylochloride (CTAC)


PL


223-805-0


4080-31-3


6, 12, 13