Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/149 of 20 January 2023 concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance benfluralin, 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 the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)

The approval of the active substance benfluralin is not renewed.

In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 188 on benfluralin is deleted.

Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing benfluralin as an active substance by 12 August 2023.

Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall expire by 12 May 2024.

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