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, 14 July 2017.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

( 1 ) OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1 .

( 2 ) 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 ).

( 3 ) 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 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1277 of 14 July 2017 approving 2-octyl-isothiazol-3(2H)-one as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 ANNEX