
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance benzoic acid, 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 September 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 June 2017.
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
Benzoic acidCAS No 65-85-0CIPAC No 622 Benzoic acid ≥ 990 g/kg 1 September 2017 31 August 2032 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 benzoic acid 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 protection of operators, ensuring that conditions of use impose the use of adequate personal protective equipment.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 79 on benzoic acid 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
‘115 Benzoic acidCAS No 65-85-0CIPAC No 622 Benzoic acid ≥ 990 g/kg 1 September 2017 31 August 2032 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 benzoic acid 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 protection of operators, ensuring that conditions of use impose the use of adequate personal protective equipment.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

