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Official Journal of the European Union
15.2.2012
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 127/2012
of 14 February 2012
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards an extension of the use of the
active substance metazachlor
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
submitted that addendum to the Commission on
4 January 2011 which communicated it to the other
Member States and to the European Food Safety
Authority for comments. The addendum to the draft
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
assessment report was reviewed by the Member States
Union,
and the Commission within the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 24 January
2012 in the format of an addendum to the Commission
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the
review report for metazachlor.
European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009
concerning the placing of plant protection products on the
market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and
(4) It
has
appeared
from
the
various
examinations
carried
91/414/EEC ( 1 ), and in particular Article 13(2)(c) thereof,
out that the amendment to the specific provisions of
use applied for does not cause any risks in addition to
those already taken into account in the approval of meta
Whereas:
zachlor and in the Commission review report for that
substance.
(1) By
Commission
Directive
2008/116/EC
( 2 ) metazachlor
was included as active substance in Annex I to Council
(5) The
Annex
to
Implementing
Regulation
(EU)
No
Directive 91/414/EEC ( 3 ) for use as a herbicide at a
540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
maximum application rate of 1,0 kg/ha only every third
year on the same field. Since the replacement of Directive
91/414/EEC by Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, this
substance is deemed to have been approved under that
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
Regulation and is listed in Part A of the Annex to
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
540/2011 of 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 (
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

4 ).
(2) On
23
March
2010
one
of
the
notifiers
at
whose
request
Article 1
metazachlor was included in Annex I to Directive
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU)
91/414/EEC, submitted an application for an
No 540/2011
amendment to the specific provisions of use of meta
zachlor to allow more frequent applications on the
In the column ‘Specific provisions’ of row number 217, meta
same field, without however exceeding the total
zachlor, of Part A of the Annex, Part A is replaced by the
maximum amount of 1,0
kg/ha over a three-year
following:
period. That application was accompanied by additional
information. It was submitted to the United Kingdom
which had been designated rapporteur Member State by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 (
‘PART A

5 ).
Only uses as herbicide may be authorised. Applications
shall be limited to a total dose of not more than 1,0 kg
metazachlor/ha in a three-year period on the same field.’
(3) The
rapporteur
Member
State
assessed
the
additional
information submitted by the applicant and prepared
an addendum to the draft assessment report. It
Article 2
( 1 ) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 86.
Entry into force
( 3 ) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
( 5 ) OJ L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 23.
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union

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15.2.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 February 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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