COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/437
of 16 March 2022
renewing the approval of the active substance carbon dioxide 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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular Article 20(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Directive 2008/127/EC (2) included carbon dioxide as an active substance in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (3).
(2)
Active substances included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC are deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and are listed in Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4).
(3)
The approval of the active substance carbon dioxide, as set out in Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, expires on 31 August 2022.
(4)
An application for the renewal of the approval of the active substance carbon dioxide was submitted, in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 (5), within the time period provided for in that Article.
(5)
The applicant submitted the supplementary dossiers required in accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012. The application was found to be complete by the rapporteur Member State.
(6)
The rapporteur Member State prepared a draft renewal assessment report in consultation with the co-rapporteur Member State and submitted it to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the