Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 May 2017.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

( 1 ) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1 .

( 2 ) Commission Directive 2008/69/EC of 1 July 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include clofentezine, dicamba, difenoconazole, diflubenzuron, imazaquin, lenacil, oxadiazon, picloram and pyriproxyfen as active substances ( OJ L 172, 2.7.2008, p. 9 ).

( 3 ) Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market ( OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1 ).

( 4 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances ( OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1 ).

( 5 ) Commission Directive 2010/39/EU of 22 June 2010 amending Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the specific provisions relating to the active substances clofentezine, diflubenzuron, lenacil, oxadiazon, picloram and pyriproxyfen ( OJ L 156, 23.6.2010, p. 7 ).

( 6 ) European Food Safety Authority; Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of confirmatory data submitted for the active substance diflubenzuron. EFSA Journal 2012;10(9):2870. [26 pp.] doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2870. Available online: www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal.htm

( 7 ) European Food Safety Authority; Conclusion on the peer review on the review of the approval of the active substance diflubenzuron regarding the metabolite PCA. EFSA Journal 2015;13(8):4222. [30 pp.] doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4222. Available online: www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal.htm

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/855 of 18 May 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance diflubenzuron