Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/155 of 31 January 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 allocating to Member States, for the purposes of the renewal procedure, the evaluation of active substances (Text with EEA relevance. )
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/155of 31 January 2018amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 allocating to Member States, for the purposes of the renewal procedure, the evaluation of active substances(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/EECOJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1., and in particular Article 19, thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 of 26 July 2012 allocating to Member States, for the purposes of the renewal procedure, the evaluation of the active substances (OJ L 200, 27.7.2012, p. 5). allocates the evaluation of active substances to a rapporteur Member State and to a co-rapporteur Member State for the purposes of the renewal procedure. Since the evaluation of active substances whose approval expires between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024 has not yet been allocated to a Member State or to a co-rapporteur Member State, it is appropriate to proceed to such allocation.(2)In view of the length of the evaluation process for active substances and the recent notification by the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionOJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 13., it is necessary to re-allocate the evaluation of the active substances listed in Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 for which the United Kingdom is the rapporteur Member State or the co-rapporteur Member State, and for which no supplementary dossier has yet been submitted. The active substances concerned are aluminium ammonium sulphate, azoxystrobin, bupirimate, carbetamide, chlormequat, ethylene, fenbuconazole, fluopicolide, fluquinconazole, flutriafol, garlic extract, metazachlor, myclobutanil, paclobutrazol, pepper, plant oils/citronella oil, propaquizafop, quizalofop-p-ethyl, quizalofop-p-tefuryl, tri-allate and urea.(3)That allocation should be made in such a way that a balance is achieved as regards the distribution of the responsibilities and the work between Member States.(4)This Regulation should enter into force as soon as possible given that the deadline for the submission of the supplementary dossier for some of the active substances concerned is on 28 February 2018.(5)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.(6)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 1Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 31 January 2018.For the CommissionThe PresidentJean-Claude JunckerANNEXThe Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 is amended as follows:(1)In Part B, the entries corresponding to active substances Aluminium ammonium sulphate, Azoxystrobin, Bupirimate, Carbetamide, Chlormequat, Ethylene, Fenbuconazole, Fluopicolide, Fluquinconazole, Flutriafol, Garlic extract, Metazachlor, Myclobutanil, Paclobutrazol, Pepper, Plant oils/Citronella oil, Propaquizafop, Quizalofop-P-ethyl, Quizalofop-P-tefuryl, Tri-allate and Urea are replaced by the following corresponding entries:
Active substanceRapporteur Member StateCo-rapporteur Member State
"Aluminium ammonium sulphateIEPT"
"AzoxystrobinATNO"
"BupirimateNLPL"
"CarbetamideSEBE"
"ChlormequatATIT"
"EthyleneNLES"
"FenbuconazoleSIAT"
"FluopicolideATES"
"FluquinconazoleCZSK"
"FlutriafolSKCZ"
"Garlic extractIEDK"
"MetazachlorNLPT"
"MyclobutanilATES"
"PaclobutrazolATRO"
"PepperBEIE"
"Plant oils/Citronella oilFRCZ"
"PropaquizafopATEE"
"Quizalofop-P-ethylFISE"
"Quizalofop-P-tefurylHRAT"
"Tri-allateNLCZ"
"UreaELFI"
(2)The following Part C is added:"PART CALLOCATION OF THE EVALUATION OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES WHOSE APPROVAL EXPIRES AFTER 31 DECEMBER 2021 AND NOT LATER THAN 31 DECEMBER 2024
Active substanceRapporteur Member StateCo-rapporteur Member State
1,4-DimethylnaphthaleneATPL
AcequinocylDENL
Adoxophyes orana GV strain BV-0001DEFR
AmetoctradinDENL
AminopyralidFIDK
AmisulbromELFI
Ascorbic acidNLFR
Aureobasidium pullulans (strains DSM 14940 and DSM 14941)ATDE
Bacillus firmus I-1582FRDK
Bacillus pumilus QST 2808ITNL
Benalaxyl-MPTIT
BenzovindiflupyrFRAT
BixafenCZBE
Candida oleophila strain OSIDE
ChlorantraniliproleIEDE
CyflumetofenESAT
Disodium phosphonateFREL
EmamectinNLSI
EsfenvalerateATPT
EugenolESEL
FenpyrazamineLVLT
FlubendiamideELAT
FlumetralinHUEL
FluopyramATHR
FluxapyroxadFREL
GeraniolESEL
Halosulfuron methylITPL
Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV)EEFR
IpconazoleBEFR
IsopyrazamNOEL
lambda-CyhalothrinSEFR
MaltodextrinIEFR
MandipropamidATPT
MetaflumizoneSEEL
Metam (incl. -potassium and -sodium)BEES
MetobromuronFRNO
Metsulfuron-methylDKSE
Orange oilFRCZ
Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain Fe9901PLNL
PenflufenPLIE
PenthiopyradSECZ
PhosphaneESDE
Potassium phosphonates (formerly potassium phosphite)FREL
ProsulfuronFRSK
Pseudomonas sp. Strain DSMZ 13134NLBG
PyridalylNLBE
PyriofenoneLVEL
PyroxsulamDKFI
S-Abscisic acidNLDK
SedaxaneFRAT
Sodium silver thiosulphateNLLV
SpinetoramHRES
SpiromesifenITAT
SpirotetramatATNO
Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirusEEFR
Streptomyces lydicus WYEC 108NLDE
TembotrioneATFR
ThiencarbazoneFREL
ThymolESEL
Trichoderma asperellum (strain T34)SEIT
Trichoderma atroviride strain I-1237ITSK
Valifenalate (formerly Valiphenal)HUSI
Zucchini Yellow Mosaik Virus, weak strainDKAT"