
Article 1 
Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 January 2012 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive.They shall apply those provisions from 1 February 2013.When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 February 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

In Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC, the following entry is added:

No Common Name IUPAC NameIdentification Numbers Minimum purity of the active substance in the biocidal product as placed on the market Date of inclusion Deadline for compliance with Article 16(3) (except for products containing more than one active substance, for which the deadline to comply with Article 16(3) shall be the one set out in the last of the inclusion decisions relating to its active substances) Expiry date of inclusion Product type Specific provisions
‘41 Nonanoic acid, Pelargonic acid 
 IUPAC name: Nonanoic acid
 EC No: 203-931-2
 CAS No: 112-05-0 896 g/kg 1 February 2013 31 January 2015 31 January 2023 19 When assessing the application for authorisation of a product in accordance with Article 5 and Annex VI, Member States shall assess, when relevant for the particular product, those uses or exposure scenarios and those risks to environmental compartments and populations that have not been representatively addressed in Union level risk assessment.’

