ANNEX

The following entry shall be added at the end of the table in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC:

No

Common name, identification numbers

IUPAC name

Purity6

Entry into force

Expiration of inclusion

Specific provisions

‘198

Diuron

CAS No: 330-54-1

CIPAC No: 100

3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea

≥ 930 g/kg

1 October 2008

30 September 2018

PART A

Only uses as herbicide at rates not exceeding 0,5 kg/ha (areic average) may be authorised.

PART B

For the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on diuron, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 11 July 2008 shall be taken into account.

In this overall assessment Member States must pay particular attention to:

  • the operator safety where conditions of use shall prescribe the use of personal protective equipment, if appropriate,

  • the protection of aquatic organisms and non-target plants.

Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.