
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance linuron is not renewed.
Article 2 
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing linuron as active substance by 3 June 2017 at the latest.
Article 3 
Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall be as short as possible and shall expire by 3 June 2018 at the latest.
Article 4 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 51, on linuron, is deleted.
Article 5 
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, 10 February 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER