Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1056 of 29 June 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval period of the active substance glyphosate (Text with EEA relevance)

• Published date: 30 June 2016
• Subject Matter: Plant health legislation
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 173, 30 June 2016

30.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 173/52

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1056

of 29 June 2016

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval period of the active substance glyphosate

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 17 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (2) sets out the active substances deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(2) The approval period of the active substance glyphosate will expire on 30 June 2016. An application for the renewal of the inclusion of that substance in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (3) was submitted in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1141/2010 (4).

(3) Due to the fact that the assessment of the substance and the decision on a renewal of the approval have been delayed for reasons beyond the control of the applicant, the approval of the active substance is likely to expire before a decision has been taken on its renewal.

(4) Following the findings of the International Agency for Research on Cancer as regards the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate, the Commission on 29 April 2015 mandated the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’) to review the underlying information and to include those findings in its conclusion. In the context of the evaluation procedure under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the Authority concluded that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans and that the available evidence would not support the harmonised classification of glyphosate under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (5), as regards its carcinogenic potential. In this context the Authority recalled, however, that its proposals for classification made in the context of the evaluation procedure under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are not formal proposals for harmonised classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

(5) On 22 July 2015 (6) the rapporteur Member State indicated its intention to submit a dossier concerning the harmonised classification of glyphosate, including for the hazard class on carcinogenicity, in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. On 17 March 2016 the rapporteur Member State submitted that dossier to the European Chemicals Agency, which is to give its opinion in accordance with Article 37(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

(6) The findings

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