Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 767/2013 of 8 August 2013 withdrawing the approval of the active substance bitertanol, 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 Text with EEA relevance

The approval of the active substance bitertanol is withdrawn.

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1278/2011 is repealed.

In Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 21, bitertanol, is deleted.

Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing bitertanol as active substance by 1 March 2014.

Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall be as short as possible and shall expire 12 months after withdrawal of the respective authorisation at the latest.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.