
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance etoxazole 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 February 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 15 December 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
etoxazoleCAS No 153233-91-1CIPAC No 623 (RS)-5-tert-butyl-2-[2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro1,3-oxazol-4-yl]phenetole ≥ 948 g/kg 1 February 2021 31 January 2028 Only uses on ornamental plants in permanent greenhouses shall be authorised.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 etoxazole, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— possible uptake of persistent soil metabolites in rotational crops;
— the protection of operators, ensuring that conditions of use include the application of adequate personal protective equipment.The applicant shall submit to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority by 5 January 2023 confirmatory information as regards points 3.6.5 and 3.8.2 of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 including an updated assessment of the information already submitted and, where relevant, further information.

ANNEX II

The Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Part A, entry 99 on etoxazole is deleted;
((2)) in Part E, the following entry is added:

No Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘13 etoxazoleCAS No 153233-91-1CIPAC No 623 (RS)-5-tert-butyl-2-[2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro1,3-oxazol-4-yl]phenetole ≥ 948 g/kg 1 February 2021 31 January 2028 Only uses on ornamental plants in permanent greenhouses shall be authorised.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 etoxazole, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— possible uptake of persistent soil metabolites in rotational crops;
— the protection of operators, ensuring that conditions of use include the application of adequate personal protective equipment.The applicant shall submit to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority by 5 January 2023 confirmatory information as regards points 3.6.5 and 3.8.2 of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, including an updated assessment of the information already submitted and, where relevant, further information.’

