Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 provides that the approval of an active substance may be renewed upon expiry.

It is appropriate to set out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure.

In particular, periods should be set for the different steps of the renewal procedure to ensure that it functions properly.

Rules should be set out as regards confidentiality and the publication of the application for renewal, the supplementary dossiers and their updates.

Rules should also be set out as regards the submission of the application for renewal and its contents and format. The applicant should be obliged to justify the submission of new information and to list separately studies concerning vertebrate animals that they intend to submit.

Rules should be set out as regards the checking of the application by the rapporteur Member State.

In order to ensure the proper functioning of the renewal procedure, the rapporteur Member State should, at the applicant’s request, organise prior to the submission of the supplementary dossier, a meeting to discuss the application.

The supplementary dossiers submitted for renewal should, in particular, include necessary new data and new risk assessments and demonstrate why such data and risk assessments are necessary.

Rules should be set out as regards the establishment of the admissibility of the application by the rapporteur Member State.

Where all applications submitted are inadmissible, the Commission should adopt a Regulation on the non-renewal of the active substance concerned.

Rules should be set out to ensure an independent, objective and transparent assessment of the active substance.

The applicant, the Member States, with the exception of the rapporteur Member State, and the public should be given the opportunity to submit comments on the draft renewal assessment report.

The European Food Safety Authority should provide conclusions and organise consultations of experts, except where the Commission informs it that a conclusion is not necessary.

Rules should be set out as regards the renewal report and the adoption of a regulation on the renewal of the approval of the active substance.

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1141/2010 of 7 December 2010 laying down the procedure for the renewal of the inclusion of a second group of active substances in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and establishing the list of those substances2 should continue to apply with respect to the renewal of the approval of the active substances listed in Annex I thereto.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,