THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products(1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 89(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014(2), in its Annex II, part 2, establishes a list of active substance/product-type combinations, which were not supported on 4 August 2014 and for which, pursuant to Article 14(3) of that Regulation, any person could notify its interest to take over the role of participant for one or more of these substance/product-type combinations within 12 months from the date of entry into force of that Regulation.
(2) For some substance/product-type combinations no interest has been expressed, or, when an interest was expressed, the notification was rejected pursuant to paragraph 4 or 5 of Article 17 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014.
(3) In accordance with Article 20 of that Regulation, those substance/product-type combinations should not be approved for use in biocidal products.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 of 4 August 2014 on the work programme for the systematic examination of all existing active substances contained in biocidal products referred to in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 294, 10.10.2014, p. 1).