
Article 1 
IPBC is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 13, subject to the specifications and conditions set out in the Annex.
Article 2 
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, 28 September 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Common Name IUPAC NameIdentification Numbers Minimum degree of purity of the active substance Date of approval Expiry date of approval Product type Specific conditions
IPBC IUPAC Name:3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamateEC No: 259-627-5CAS No: 55406-53-6 980 g/kg 1 December 2016 30 November 2026 13 The product assessment shall pay particular attention to the exposures, the risks and the efficacy linked to any uses covered by an application for authorisation, but not addressed in the Union level risk assessment of the active substance.The authorisations of biocidal products are subject to the following conditions:
((1)) For professional users, safe operational procedures and appropriate organizational measures shall be established. Products shall be used with appropriate personal protective equipment where exposure cannot be reduced to an acceptable level by other means,.
((2)) In view of the risks to the professional users, loading of the products into metal working fluids shall be semi-automated or automated, unless it can be demonstrated that risks can be reduced to an acceptable level by other means.The placing on the market of treated articles is subject to the following condition:The person responsible for the placing on the market of a treated article treated with or incorporating IPBC shall ensure that the label of that treated article provides the information listed in the second subparagraph of Article 58(3) of the Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
