
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance diquat is not renewed.
Article 2 
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing diquat as active substance by 4 May 2019 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 4 February 2020 at the latest.
Article 4 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 15 on diquat 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, 12 October 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER