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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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approving icaridin as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of 
product -type 19  
(Text with EEA relevance)   EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
approving icaridin as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of 
product -type 19 
(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 avai lable on the market and use of biocidal 
products1, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 89(1) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/20142 establishes a list of existing 
active substances to be evaluated for their pos sible approval for use in biocidal 
products. That list includes icaridin.  
(2) Icaridin has been evaluated for use in biocidal products of product -type 19, repellents 
and attractants  as de scribed  in Annex  V to Directive  98/8/EC of the European 
Parliament and of  the Council3, which corresponds to product -type 19 as de scribed  in 
Annex  V to Regulation (EU) No  528/2012 . 
(3) Denmark was designated as a rapporteur Member State and its evaluating competent 
authority submitted the assessment report together with its recomme ndations to the 
Commission  on 14 January 2011.  
(4) In accordance with Article 7(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, the 
opinion of the Europe an Chemicals Agency4 was adopted  on 10 December 2019 by 
the Biocidal Products Committee, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating 
competent authority.  
(5) It can be derived from Article  90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012  that substances 
for which the Member States' evaluation has been completed  by 1  September 2013 
should be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of Directive  98/8/EC. 
Following the  opinion  of the Agency , biocidal products of product -type 19 containing 
icaridin may be expected to satisfy  the requirements of Article  5 of Directive  98/8/EC , 
provided that certain specifications and conditions concerning their use are complied 
with.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p.  1  
2 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 of 4 August 2014 on the work programme for 
the systematic examination of all existing active substances contained in biocidal products referred to in 
Regulation (EU) No 582/2012 of the European Parliament  and of the  Council (OJ L 294, 10.10.2014, 
p. 1) 
3 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 ). 
4 Biocidal Products Committee  Opinion on the application for approval of the active substance Icaridin , 
Product type: 19 , ECHA/BPC/229/2019 , adopted on 1 0 December 201 9. EN 2  EN (6) It is therefore appropriate to approve icaridin for use in biocidal products of product -
type 19, subject to compliance with certain specifications and conditions.  
(7) Since  it can be derived from Article  90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012  that 
substances for which the Member States' evaluation has been completed  by 
1 September 2013 should be approved under the terms of Directive  98/8/EC , the 
period of approval should be 10  years , in accordance with the practice established 
under that Directive . 
(8) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is 
approved in order to permit interested par ties to take the preparato ry measures 
necessary to meet the new requirements.  
(9) 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  
Icaridin is approved as an active sub stance for use in biocidal products of product -type 19, 
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 th e European Union . 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN  