Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1178/2013 of 20 November 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance ethoprophos Text with EEA relevance

Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing ethoprophos as active substance by 11 June 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 by 11 June 2015 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.