Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/855 of 18 May 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance diflubenzuron (Text with EEA relevance. )

In the seventh column, ‘specific provisions’, of entry 174 on diflubenzuron of Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the text is replaced by the following: ‘Only uses as insecticide in non-edible crops may be authorised. 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 diflubenzuron, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as amended in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 23 March 2017 shall be taken into account. In this overall assessment Member States must pay particular attention to: the specification of the technical material as commercially manufactured, which must be confirmed and supported by appropriate analytical data. The test material used in the toxicity dossiers shall be compared and verified against this specification of the technical material; the protection of aquatic organisms, terrestrial organisms and non-target arthropods including bees; the potential unintended exposure of food and feed crops to diflubenzuron from uses on non-edible crops (e.g. through spray drift); the protection of workers, residents and bystanders. Member States shall ensure that crops treated with diflubenzuron do not enter the food and feed chain. Conditions of use shall include adequate risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing diflubenzuron as active substance by 8 September 2017 at the latest.

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 8 September 2018 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.