
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance picolinafen, as specified in Annex I, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
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 November 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 25 August 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
PicolinafenCAS No 137641-05-5CIPAC No 639 4′-fluoro-6-(α,α,α-trifluoro-m-tolyloxy)pyridine-2-carboxanilide ≥ 980 g/kg 1 November 2016 30 June 2031 For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on picolinafen, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the impurities in the technical active substance;
— the protection of mammals, especially of large herbivorous mammals;
— the protection of non-target terrestrial plants;
— the protection of groundwater, when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions;
— the protection of aquatic organisms, especially of algae.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.

ANNEX II

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Part A, entry 38 on picolinafen is deleted;
((2)) in Part B, the following entry is added:

Number Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘103 PicolinafenCAS No 137641-05-5CIPAC No 639 4′-fluoro-6-(α,α,α-trifluoro-m-tolyloxy)pyridine-2-carboxanilide ≥ 980 g/kg 1 November 2016 30 June 2031 For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on picolinafen, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the impurities in the technical active substance;
— the protection of mammals, especially of large herbivorous mammals;
— the protection of non-target terrestrial plants;
— the protection of groundwater, when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions;
— the protection of aquatic organisms, especially to algae.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

