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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutantsnote, and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 implements the commitments of the Union under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutantsnote (‘the Convention’) and under the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutantsnote (‘the Protocol’).
(2)Annex A to the Convention contains a list of chemicals. Each Party to the Convention is required to prohibit the chemicals on the list and/or take the legal and administrative measures necessary to eliminate their production, use, import and export.
(3)The Conference of the Parties to the Convention has, pursuant to Article 8(9) of the Convention, decided in its twelfth meeting held from 28 April to 9 May 2025 to amend Annex A to the Convention to include chlorpyrifos in that Annex with specific exemptions. The Union supported the inclusion of chlorpyrifos in Annex A with specific exemptions as decided in Council Decision (EU) 2025/868note.
(4)Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, which contains a list of the substances listed in the Convention and in the Protocol as well as substances listed only in the Convention, should therefore also be amended to include chlorpyrifos.
(5)In the Union, chlorpyrifos is not approved as an active substance in plant protection products and biocidal products, since it is not approved pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 1107/2009note and (EU) No 528/2012note of the European Parliament and of the Council. Therefore, chlorpyrifos should be listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 without specific exemptions.
(6)To reinforce the application and enforcement of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 in the Union, a limit value should be set for chlorpyrifos occurring as an unintentional trace contaminant in substances, mixtures and articles.
(7)Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2#
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
In Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, the following entry is added:
Substance | CAS No | EC No | Specific exemption on intermediate use or other specificationChlorpyrifos | 2921-88-2 | 220-864-4 | For the purposes of this entry, Article 4(1), point (b), shall apply to concentrations of chlorpyrifos equal to or below 0,01 mg/kg (0,000001 % by weight) where they are present in substances, mixtures or articles.
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