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, 25 November 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 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 528/2012 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 (BPC) opinion on the application for approval of the active substance Formaldehyde, Product type: 2, ECHA/BPC/232/2019, adopted on 10 December 2019; Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) opinion on the application for approval of the active substance Formaldehyde, Product type: 3, ECHA/BPC/233/2019, adopted on 10 December 2019.

( 5 ) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 ( OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1 ).

( 6 ) Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work ( OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1 ).

( 7 ) Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) ( OJ L 131, 5.5.1998, p. 11 ).

( 8 ) Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC) ( OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 50 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1763 of 25 November 2020 approving formaldehyde as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2 and 3 ANNEX