Entry into force and date of application

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

It shall apply from 1 March 2021.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC ( OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1 ).

( 2 ) Commission Directive 2008/113/EC of 8 December 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include several micro-organisms as active substances ( OJ L 330, 9.12.2008, p. 6 ).

( 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 of 18 September 2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market ( OJ L 252, 19.9.2012, p. 26 ).

( 6 ) Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Akanthomyces muscarius strain Ve6, formerly Lecanicillium muscarium strain Ve6. EFSA Journal 2020;18(6):6121. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020,6121. Available online: www.efsa.europa.eu

( 7 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances abamectin, Bacillus subtilis (Cohn 1872) strain QST 713, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Aizawai strains ABTS-1857 and GC-91, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Israeliensis (serotype H-14) strain AM65-52, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strains ABTS 351, PB 54, SA 11, SA12 and EG 2348, Beauveria bassiana strains ATCC 74040 and GHA, clodinafop, clopyralid , Cydia pomonella Granulovirus (CpGV), cyprodinil, dichlorprop-P, fenpyroximate, fosetyl, Lecanicillium muscarium (formerly ‘ Verticillium lecanii ’) strain Ve6, mepanipyrim, Metarhizium anisopliae (var. anisopliae) strain BIPESCO 5/F52, metconazole, metrafenone, Phlebiopsis gigantea strains FOC PG 410.3, VRA 1835 and VRA 1984, pirimicarb, Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain MA342, pyrimethanil, Pythium oligandrum M1, rimsulfuron, spinosad, Streptomyces K61 (formerly ‘ S. griseoviridis ’), Trichoderma asperellum (formerly ‘ T. harzianum’ ) strains ICC012, T25 and TV1, Trichoderma atroviride (formerly ‘ T. harzianum ’) strains IMI 206040 and T11, Trichoderma gamsii (formerly ‘ T. viride ’) strain ICC080, Trichoderma harzianum strains T-22 and ITEM 908, triclopyr, trinexapac, triticonazole and ziram ( OJ L 84, 20.3.2020, p. 7 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/134 of 4 February 2021 renewing the approval of the low-risk active substance ANNEX I ANNEX II