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Fruit and Vegetables: Approval for pesticide actives extended

Fruit and vegetables

The terms for the following active ingredients were extended due to delays in processing the applications for evaluation and approval renewal at the EU Commission.

 

 

Active Ingredients

Limited until

Reference

Chlortoluron, Clomazone, Cypermethrin, Daminozide, Deltamethrin, Fludioxonil, Flufenacet, Fosthiazate, Indoxacarb, MCPA, MCPB, Prosulfocarb,

10/31/2022

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1449
 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/1449/oj

Chlormequat, Propaquizafop, Quizalofop-P-ethyl, Quizalofop-P-tefuryl Tritosulfuron,

11/30/2022

2-phenylphenol (including its salts such as the sodium salt), 8-hydroxyquinoline, Amidosulfuron,  Bifenox, Clofentezine, Dicamba, Difenoconazole, Diflufenican, Dimethachlor, Etofenprox, Fenoxaprop-P, Fenpropidin, Lenacil, Nicosulfuron,  Paraffinöle, Paraffinöl,  Picloram, Penconazole, , Schwefel, Tetraconazole, Tri-allate, Triflusulfuron

12/31/2022

 

The lifetime extensions do not affect the current MRLs and may be withdrawn at any time if an active substance is refused re-approval under the approval process.

 

 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger