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), as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/227(3), establishes in its Annex II a list of active substance/product-type combinations included in the review programme of existing active substances in biocidal products on 30 March 2019.
(2) For a number of active substance/product-type combinations included in that list, all the participants have withdrawn their support in a timely manner.
(3) The Commission was informed, in accordance with Article 12(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, of those active substance/product-type combinations for which all participants made a timely withdrawal and for which the role of participant had previously been taken over. In accordance with point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 20 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, those active substance/product-type combinations should not be approved for use in biocidal products.
(4) An open invitation was published to take over the role of participant for those active substance/product-type combinations for which the role of participant had not previously been taken over. For some of those combinations no notification has been submitted or a notification has been submitted and rejected pursuant to paragraph 4 or paragraph 5 of Article 17 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014. In accordance with point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 20 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, those active substance/product-type combinations should not be approved for use in biocidal products.
(5) 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).
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/227 of 28 November 2018 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 as regards certain active substances/product-type combinations for which the competent authority of the United Kingdom has been designated as the evaluating competent authority (OJ L 37, 8.2.2019, p. 1).