
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance ethofumesate, 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
EthofumesateCAS No 26225-79-6CIPAC No 233 (RS)-2-ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethylbenzofuran-5-yl methanesulfonate ≥ 970 g/kgThe following impurities are of toxicological concern and must not exceed the following levels in the technical material:
— EMS; ethyl methane sulfonate: maximum of 0,1 mg/kg
— iBMS; iso-butyl methane sulfonate: maximum of 0,1 mg/kg 1 November 2016 31 October 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 renewal report on ethofumesate, 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 risk to aquatic organisms.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 29 on ethofumesate 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
‘102 EthofumesateCAS No 26225-79-6CIPAC No 233 (RS)-2-ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethylbenzofuran-5-yl methanesulfonate ≥ 970 g/kgThe following impurities are of toxicological concern and must not exceed the following levels in the technical material:
— EMS; ethyl methane sulfonate: maximum of 0,1 mg/kg
— iBMS; iso-butyl methane sulfonate: maximum of 0,1 mg/kg 1 November 2016 31 October 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 renewal report on ethofumesate, 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 risk to aquatic organisms.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

