29.9.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 252/56

(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 (2) establishes a list of existing active substances to be evaluated for their possible approval for use in biocidal products. That list includes triflumuron.

(2)

Triflumuron has been evaluated in accordance with Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) for use in product-type 18, insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods, as defined in Annex V to that Directive, which corresponds to product-type 18, as defined in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

(3)

Italy was designated as evaluating competent authority and submitted the assessment reports, together with its recommendations, to the Commission on 30 September 2008 in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 (4).

(4)

In accordance with Article 7(1)(b) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, the opinion of the European Chemicals Agency was formulated on 3 February 2015 by the Biocidal Product Committee, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating competent authority.

(5)

According to that opinion, biocidal products used for product-type 18 and containing triflumuron may not be expected to satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC. The scenarios evaluated in the environmental risk assessment identified unacceptable risks for the aquatic and terrestrial compartments.

(6)

It is therefore not appropriate to approve triflumuron for use in biocidal products for product-type 18.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,