Pesticides

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation renewing the approval of the active substance captan in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (Text with EEA relevance).

This draft Commission Implementing Regulation provides that the approval of the active substance captan is renewed with restriction to uses in greenhouses, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Member States shall amend/withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing captan as an active substance. The restricted renewal of approval is based on the first evaluation of the substance for use as a pesticide active substance in the European Union under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. The substance was formerly assessed and approved under Directive 91/414/EEC.

This decision only concerns the placing on the market of this substance and plant protection products containing it. Separate action will likely be taken on MRLs and a separate notification will be made in accordance with SPS procedures. This draft Commission Implementing Regulation was also notified under the TBT Agreement in notice G/TBT/N/EU/928.