Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2200 of 19 October 2023 granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family HCl Disinfecting Toilet Bowl Cleaner in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2200of 19 October 2023granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family HCl Disinfecting Toilet Bowl Cleaner 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 productsOJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1., and in particular Article 44(5), first subparagraph thereof,Whereas:(1)On 2 May 2018, SC Johnson Europe SARL submitted to the European Chemicals Agency ("the Agency") an application in accordance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for Union authorisation of a biocidal product family named "HCl Disinfecting Toilet Bowl Cleaner" of product-type 2, as described in Annex V to that Regulation, providing written confirmation that the competent authority of the Netherlands had agreed to evaluate the application. The application was recorded under case number BC-LA039435-53 in the Register for Biocidal Products.(2)"HCl Disinfecting Toilet Bowl Cleaner" contains hydrochloric acid 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 for product-type 2.(3)On 25 May 2022, 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 15 December 2022, the Agency submitted to the Commission its opinionECHA opinion of 24 November 2022 on the Union authorisation of "HCl Disinfecting Toilet Bowl Cleaner" (ECHA/BPC/370/2022), https://echa.europa.eu/opinions-on-union-authorisation, the draft summary of the biocidal product characteristics ("SPC") of "HCl Disinfecting Toilet Bowl Cleaner" and the final assessment report on the biocidal product family, in accordance with Article 44(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.(5)The opinion concludes that "HCl Disinfecting Toilet Bowl Cleaner" is a biocidal product family within the meaning of Article 3(1), point (s), 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) and (6) of that Regulation.(6)On 10 January 2023, 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 "HCl Disinfecting Toilet Bowl Cleaner".(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: