(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/375 (2) renewed the approval of the active substance prosulfuron as a candidate for substitution in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(2)

The approval of the active substance prosulfuron, as set out in Part E of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (3), included a restriction that the use of prosulfuron was to be limited to one application every three years on the same field at a maximum dose of 20 g active substance per hectare.

(3)

In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, on 12 October 2016, Syngenta Crop Protection AG submitted an application to the designated rapporteur Member State, France, seeking an amendment to the conditions of approval of prosulfuron in order to remove that restriction. The application was found to be admissible by the designated rapporteur Member State.

(4)

The designated rapporteur Member State assessed the amended use of the active substance prosulfuron in relation to the potential effects on human and animal health and the environment in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, and prepared a revised renewal assessment report which was submitted to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) and the Commission on 5 April 2018.

(5)

In accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the Authority circulated the revised renewal assessment report to the applicant and to the Member States for comments and made it available to the public. In accordance with Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, additional information was requested from the applicant. France evaluated the additional information and submitted a revised renewal assessment report to the Commission and to the Authority on 28 February 2019.

(6)

On 15 June 2020, the Authority communicated to the Commission its conclusion (4) on whether the amended use of the active substance prosulfuron can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(7)

The Commission presented an addendum to the review report for prosulfuron and a draft Regulation to the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 23 October 2020.

(8)

The applicant was invited to submit comments on the addendum to the review report.

(9)

It has been established with respect to one or more representative uses of at least one plant protection product containing prosulfuron that, when the plant protection product is applied annually, the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are satisfied. It is therefore appropriate to remove the restriction limiting the use of prosulfuron to one application every three years on the same field at a maximum dose of 20 g active substance per hectare.

(10)

Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/375 and (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11)

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