Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/527 of 1 April 2022 granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘ARIEL chlorine Professional System 5 chlorine bleach for white wash’ (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/527of 1 April 2022granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ARIEL chlorine Professional System 5 chlorine bleach for white wash(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 Article 44(5), first subparagraph, thereof,Whereas:(1)On 11 December 2018, Procter & Gamble Services Company NV submitted to the European Chemicals Agency ("the Agency") an application in accordance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for authorisation of a single biocidal product named "ARIEL chlorine Professional System 5 chlorine bleach for white wash" of product type 2, 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-ER045796-14 in the Register for Biocidal Products.(2)"ARIEL chlorine Professional System 5 chlorine bleach for white wash" contains active chlorine released from sodium hypochlorite as the active substance included in the Union list of approved active substances referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.(3)On 25 November 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 Agency.(4)On 5 July 2021, the Agency submitted to the Commission an opinionECHA opinion of 16 June 2021 on the Union authorisation of the biocidal product 'Ariel chlorine Professional System 5 chlorine bleach for white wash’ (ECHA/BPC/282/2021). https://echa.europa.eu/it/opinions-on-union-authorisation, the draft summary of the biocidal product characteristics ("SPC") of "ARIEL chlorine Professional System 5 chlorine bleach for white wash" 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 "ARIEL chlorine Professional System 5 chlorine bleach for white wash" is a single biocidal product within the meaning of Article 3(1), point (r), of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, that it is eligible for Union authorisation in accordance with Article 42(1) of that Regulation and that subject to compliance with the draft SPC, it meets the conditions laid down in Article 19(1) of that Regulation.(6)On 30 July 2021, 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 "ARIEL chlorine Professional System 5 chlorine bleach for white wash".(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: