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Document 32026R1423

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1423 of 30 June 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards chlorpyrifos

C/2026/4428

OJ L, 2026/1423, , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2026/1423/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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2026/1423

10.9.2026

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2026/1423

of 30 June 2026

amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards chlorpyrifos

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 pollutants (1), 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 Pollutants (2) (‘the Convention’) and under the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (3) (‘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) 2025/868 (4).

(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 1107/2009 (5) and (EU) No 528/2012 (6) 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2026.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)   OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 45, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1021/oj.

(2)   OJ L 209, 31.7.2006, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/convention/2006/507/oj.

(3)   OJ L 81, 19.3.2004, p. 37, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/prot/2004/259/oj.

(4)  Council Decision (EU) 2025/868 of 23 April 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants as regards the requests for extension of specific exemptions and the proposals for amendments of Annex A to that Convention (OJ L, 2025/868, 12.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/868/oj).

(5)  Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1107/oj).

(6)  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 (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/528/oj).

ANNEX

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 specification

‘Chlorpyrifos

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.’

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2026/1423/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)

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