35The objective of Regulation No 528/2012 confirms that interpretation. As is apparent from Article 1(1) of that regulation, read in the light of recital 3, the purpose of that regulation is to improve the functioning of the internal market through the harmonisation of the rules on the making available on the market and the use of biocidal products, whilst ensuring a high level of protection of both human and animal health, and the environment, its provisions being based on the precautionary principle, the aim of which is to protect human health, animal health and the environment. In this respect, it should be observed that, as the Court has already ruled, it is the very presence of an active substance as such in a product that is likely to present a risk to the environment (see, to that effect, judgments of 2012, Söll, C‑420/10, EU:C:2012:111, paragraph 27, and of 19 December 2019, Darie, C‑592/18, EU:C:2019:1140, paragraph 44).
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