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15.11.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
305/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1150/2013
of 14 November 2013
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the
active substance rape seed oil
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
view on rape seed oil to the notifier. The Commission
invited it to submit comments on the draft review report
for rape seed oil. The draft review report and the view of
the Authority were reviewed by the Member States and
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
the Commission within the Standing Committee on the
Union,
Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on
3 October 2013 in the format of the Commission
review report for rape seed oil.
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009
concerning the placing of plant protection products on the
(3) It
is
confirmed
that
the
active
substance
rape
seed
oil
is
market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and
to be deemed to have been approved under Regulation
91/414/EEC ( 1 ), and in particular Article 13(2)(c) and
(EC) No 1107/2009.
78(2)thereof,
(4) In
accordance
with
Article
13(2)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
Whereas:
1107/2009 in conjunction with Article 6 thereof and in
the light of current scientific and technical knowledge, it
is necessary to amend the conditions of approval of rape
seed oil as regards the maximum quantity for the toxi
(1) The
active
substance
rape
seed
oil
was
included
in
Annex
cologically relevant impurity erucic acid.
I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC ( 2 ) by Commission
Directive 2008/127/EC
( 3 ) in accordance with the
procedure provided for in Article 24b of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004 (
(5) The
Annex
to
Implementing
Regulation
(EU)
No

4 ). Since the replacement
of Directive 91/414/EEC by Regulation (EC) No
540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
1107/2009, this substance is deemed to have been
approved under that Regulation and is listed in Part A
of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) No 540/2011 (
(6) Member
States
should
be
provided
with
time
to
amend

5 ).
or withdraw authorisations for plant protection products
containing rape seed oil.
(2) In
accordance
with
Article
25a
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
2229/2004, the European Food Safety Authority, here
inafter ‘the Authority’, presented to the Commission its
(7) A
reasonable
period
of
time
should
be
allowed
before
the
view on the draft review report for rape seed oil (
entry into force of this Regulation in order to allow

6 ) on
18 December 2012. The Authority communicated its
Member States, the notifiers and holders of authori
sations for plant protection products containing rape
seed oil to meet the requirements resulting from
( 1 ) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1.
amendment to the conditions of the approval.
( 2 ) Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the
placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 230,
19.8.1991, p. 1).
( 3 ) Commission Directive 2008/127/EC of 18 December 2008
amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include several active
(8)
For plant protection products containing rape seed oil,
substances (OJ L 344, 20.12.2008, p. 89).
where Member States grant any grace period in
( 4 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004 of 3 December 2004
accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No
laying down further detailed rules for the implementation of the
1107/2009, this period should expire at the latest
fourth stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2)
of Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 13).
eighteen months after the entry into force of the Regu
( 5 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of
lation.
25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of
approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1).
( 6 ) European Food Safety Authority; Conclusion on the peer review of
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance plant oil/rape
seed oil. EFSA Journal 2013; 11(1)3058 [45 pp.] doi:10.2903/
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
j.efsa.2013.3058. Available online: www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
authorisations for plant protection products containing rape
seed oil as active substance by 30 September 2014 at the latest.
Article 1
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) No
Article 3
540/2011
Grace period
Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No
540/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this
Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with
Regulation.
Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall be as short
as possible and shall expire by 30 September 2015 at the latest.
Article 2
Article 4
Transitional measures
Entry into force
Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EC)
No 1107/2009, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 November 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 242 on the active substance rape seed oil is replaced by the following:
Number
Common name, identification
numbers
IUPAC name Purity Date
of
approval Expiration
of
approval Specific
provisions
EN
‘242 Plant
oils/rape
seed
oil Rape seed oil Rape
seed
oil
is
a
complex
1 September 2009 31
August
2019 PART
A

mixture of fatty acids
CAS No: 8002-13-9
Only uses as insecticide and acaricide may be authorised.
Relevant impurity:
CIPAC No: not allocated
Maximum 2 % of erucic
PART B
acid
For the implementation of the uniform principles as referred to in
Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of
the review report on rape seed oil (SANCO/2623/2008) and in
particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 3 October
2013 shall be taken into account.
Conditions of use shall include, where appropriate, risk mitigation
icial
measures.’
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