
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance acetamiprid is renewed as set out in Annex I.
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 March 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 24 January 2018.
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
AcetamipridCAS No 135410-20-7CIPAC No 649 (E)-N1-[(6-Chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-N2-cyano-N1-methylacetamidine ≥ 990 g/kg 1 March 2018 28 February 2033 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 acetamiprid, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In their overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the risk to aquatic organisms, bees and other non-target arthropods,
— the risk to birds and mammals,
— the risk to consumers,
— the risk to operators.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 91 on acetamiprid 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
‘119 AcetamipridCAS No 135410-20-7CIPAC No 649 (E)-N1-[(6-Chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-N2-cyano-N1-methylacetamidine ≥ 990 g/kg 1 March 2018 28 February 2033 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 acetamiprid, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In their overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the risk to aquatic organisms, bees and other non-target arthropods,
— the risk to birds and mammals,
— the risk to consumers,
— the risk to operators.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’

