COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2405

of 12 September 2024

cancelling the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘SchwabEX-Guard’ in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/114

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 Article 49 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 26 January 2022, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/114 (2) granted a Union authorisation with the authorisation number EU-0025436-0000 to the authorisation holder Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS for the making available on the market and use of the same single biocidal product ‘SchwabEX-Guard’ in accordance with Article 44(5) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

(2) On 21 March 2024, Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS submitted a request to cancel this Union authorisation to the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Agency’) in accordance with Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The request was recorded under case number BC-QP093655-06 in the Register for Biocidal Products.

(3) Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS provided that the request was made due to business reasons.

(4) On 25 March 2024, the Agency forwarded the request to the Commission.

(5) It is therefore appropriate to cancel the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘SchwabEX-Guard’ at the request of the authorisation holder and consequently to repeal Regulation (EU) 2022/114.

(6) It is also appropriate to grant a period of grace for the making available on the market and the use of the existing stocks in accordance with Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘SchwabEX-Guard’ granted by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/114 to Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS with the authorisation number EU-0025436-0000 is cancelled.

Article 2

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/114 is repealed.

Article 3

The biocidal product ‘SchwabEX-Guard’ shall no longer be made available on the market from 3 April 2025 and existing stocks of such biocidal product shall no longer be used from 3 October 2025.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/528/oj

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/114 of 26 January 2022 granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘SchwabEX-Guard’ (

OJ L 19, 28.1.2022, p. 11

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/114/oj

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2405/oj

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