1.3.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 54/4

(1)

In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 Austria received on 19 December 2013 an application from ISK Biosciences Europe N.V. for the approval of the active substance cyclaniliprole.

(2)

In accordance with Article 9(3) of that Regulation, the rapporteur Member State notified the applicant, the other Member States, the Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’) of the admissibility of the application on 17 January 2014.

(3)

For that active substance, the effects on human and animal health and the environment have been assessed, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11(2) and (3) of that Regulation, for the uses proposed by the applicant. The rapporteur Member State submitted a draft assessment report on 1 April 2015.

(4)

The draft assessment report was reviewed by the Member States and the Authority. The Authority presented to the Commission its conclusion on the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance cyclaniliprole (2) on 6 April 2016.

(5)

By letter of 28 September 2016 ISK Biosciences Europe N.V. withdrew its application for the approval of cyclaniliprole. Due to the withdrawal of the application, cyclaniliprole should not be approved pursuant to Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(6)

This Regulation does not prejudice the submission of a further application for cyclaniliprole pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,