Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/368 of 1 March 2021 granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Aero-Sense Aircraft Insecticide ASD’ (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/368of 1 March 2021granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product Aero-Sense Aircraft Insecticide ASD(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 productsOJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1., and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 44(5) thereof,Whereas:(1)On 2 February 2018, Aero-Sense NV submitted an application in accordance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for authorisation of a single biocidal product named "Aero-Sense Aircraft Insecticide ASD" of product-type 18, as described in Annex V to that Regulation, providing written confirmation that the competent authority of Belgium had agreed to evaluate the application. The application was recorded under case number BC-DX037393-17 in the Register for Biocidal Products.(2)"Aero-Sense Aircraft Insecticide ASD" contains 1R-trans phenothrin, as the active substance, which is included in the Union list of approved active substances referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.(3)On 7 May 2020, the evaluating competent authority submitted, in accordance with Article 44(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, an assessment report and the conclusions of its evaluation to the European Chemicals Agency ("the Agency").(4)On 2 July 2020, the Agency submitted to the Commission an opinionECHA opinion of 17 June 2020 on the Union authorisation of the biocidal product "Aero-Sense Aircraft Insecticide ASD" (ECHA/BPC/262/2020), https://echa.europa.eu/bpc-opinions-on-union-authorisation, the draft summary of the biocidal product characteristics ("SPC") of "Aero-Sense Aircraft Insecticide ASD" and the final assessment report on the single biocidal product in accordance with Article 44(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.(5)The opinion concludes that "Aero-Sense Aircraft Insecticide ASD" is a biocidal product, that it is eligible for Union authorisation in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and that subject to compliance with the draft SPC, it meets the conditions laid down in Article 19(1) of that Regulation.(6)On 4 August 2020, the Agency transmitted to the Commission the draft SPC in all the official languages of the Union in accordance with Article 44(4) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.(7)The Commission concurs with the opinion of the Agency and considers it therefore appropriate to grant a Union authorisation for "Aero-Sense Aircraft Insecticide ASD".(8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: