
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance thiophanate-methyl is not renewed.
Article 2 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 105, on thiophanate-methyl, is deleted.
Article 3 
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing thiophanate-methyl as active substance by 19 April 2021 at the latest.
Article 4 
Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall expire by 19 October 2021 at the latest.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirely and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 15 October 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN