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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 productsnote, and in particular Article 44(5), first subparagraph, thereof,Whereas:
(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044note granted a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Pesguard® Gel’ containing clothianidin as an active substance that is a candidate for substitution, identified in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/985note in accordance with Article 10(5) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(2)According to Article 23(6) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, an authorisation for a biocidal product containing an active substance that is a candidate for substitution is to be granted for a period not exceeding five years.
(3)The Commission, in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044, erroneously granted the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Pesguard® Gel’ for a period of 10 years.
(4)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044 should therefore be corrected accordingly.
(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044 is corrected as follows:
(1)in Article 1, in the second paragraph, ‘30 June 2031’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2026’;
(2)in the Annex, in point 1.2, in the table, in the row ‘Expiry date of the authorisation’, ‘30 June 2031’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2026’.
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