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Document 32016R2291

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2291 of 16 December 2016 approving L(+) Lactic acid as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 1 (Text with EEA relevance )

    C/2016/8407

    OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 74–76 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2016/2291/oj

    Date of document:
    16/12/2016; Date of adoption
    Date of effect:
    06/01/2017; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 2
    Date of end of validity:
    No end date
    Author:
    European Commission
    Responsible body:
    Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
    Form:
    Implementing regulation
    Additional information:
    EEA relevance
    Treaty:
    Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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    17.12.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 344/74

    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2291

    of 16 December 2016

    approving L(+) Lactic acid as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 1

    (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 90(2) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Germany received on 29 August 2013 an application, in accordance with Article 11(1) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), for the inclusion of the active substance L(+) Lactic acid in Annex I to that Directive for use in products of product-type 1, human hygiene, as described in Annex V to that Directive, which correspond to product-type 1 as described in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

    (2)

    Germany submitted the assessment report together with its recommendations on 5 February 2015 in accordance with Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

    (3)

    The opinion of the European Chemicals Agency was formulated on 10 December 2015 by the Biocidal Products Committee, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating competent authority.

    (4)

    According to that opinion, biocidal products of product-type 1 and containing L(+) Lactic acid may be expected to satisfy the criteria of Article 19(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, provided that certain specifications and conditions concerning their use are complied with.

    (5)

    It is therefore appropriate to approve L(+) Lactic acid for use in biocidal products of product-type 1, subject to compliance with certain specifications and conditions.

    (6)

    A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is approved in order to permit interested parties to take the preparatory measures necessary to meet the new requirements.

    (7)

    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

    L(+) Lactic acid is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 1, subject to the specifications and conditions set out in the Annex.

    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.

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

    Done at Brussels, 16 December 2016.

    For the Commission

    The President

    Jean-Claude JUNCKER

    (1)   OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1.

    (2)  Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1).

    ANNEX

    Common Name

    IUPAC Name

    Identification Numbers

    Minimum degree of purity of the active substance (1)

    Date of approval

    Expiry date of approval

    Product type

    Specific conditions

    L(+) Lactic acid

    IUPAC Name:

    (S)-2-Hydroxypropanoic acid

    EC No: 201-196-2

    CAS No: 79-33-4

    95,5 % w/w

    1 July 2017

    30 June 2027

    1

    The authorisations of biocidal products are subject to the following conditions:

    1.

    The product assessment shall pay particular attention to the exposures, the risks and the efficacy linked to any use covered by an application for authorisation, but not addressed in the Union-level risk assessment of the active substance.

    2.

    In view of the risks identified for the uses assessed, the product assessment shall pay particular attention to non-professional users.

    (1)  The purity indicated in this column was the minimum degree of purity of the active substance evaluated in accordance with Article 89(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The active substance in the product placed on the market can be of equal or different purity if it has been proven to be technically equivalent to the evaluated active substance.

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