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, 23 March 2023.

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 Opinion on the application for approval of the active substance Alkyl(C12-16) dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride; Product-type: 1; ECHA/BPC/309/2021, adopted on 2 December 2021.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/680 of 23 March 2023 approving Alkyl (C ANNEX