
Article 1 
The active substance metam, as specified in Annex I, is approved subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing metam as an active substance by 31 December 2014.By that date they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to this Regulation are met, with the exception of those identified in Part B of the column on specific provisions of that Annex, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC in accordance with the conditions of Article 13(1) to (4) of that Directive and Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing metam as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances, all of which were listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, by 30 June 2012 Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC and taking into account Part B of the column on specific provisions of Annex I to this Regulation. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.Following that determination Member States shall:
(a) in the case of a product containing metam as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 June 2016;
(b) in the case of a product containing metam as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 June 2016 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective act or acts which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC or approved that substance or substances, whichever is the latest.
Article 3 
Where Member States withdraw or amend an existing authorisation in accordance with Article 2(1), 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 31 December 2014 at the latest.
Article 4 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 5 
Decision 2009/562/EC is repealed.
Article 6 
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 July 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 25 April 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
MetamCAS No 144-54-7CIPAC No 20 Methyldithiocarbamic acid ≥ 965 g/kgExpressed as metam-sodium on a dry weight basis≥ 990 g/kgExpressed as metam-potassium on a dry weight basisRelevant impurities:
 methylisothiocyanate (MITC)
— max. 12 g/kg on dry weight basis (metam-sodium),
— max. 0,42 g/kg on dry weight basis (metam-potassium).
 N,N’-dimethylthiourea (DMTU)
— max. 23 g/kg on a dry weight basis (metam-sodium),
— max. 6 g/kg on a dry weight basis (metam-potassium). 1 July 2012 30 June 2022 
PART A Only uses as nematicide, fungicide, herbicide and insecticide may be authorised for application as soil fumigant prior to planting, limited to one application every third year on the same field.
The application may be authorised in open field by soil injection or drip irrigation, and in greenhouse by drip irrigation only. The use of gas-tight plastic film for drip irrigation shall be prescribed.
The maximum application rate shall be 153 kg/ha (corresponding to 86,3 kg/ha of MITC) in case of open field applications.
Authorisations shall be limited to professional users.

PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on metam, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 9 March 2012, shall be taken into account.
In this overall assessment Member States:

((a)) shall pay particular attention to the protection of operators and shall ensure that the conditions of use include risk mitigation measures such as application of adequate personal protective equipment and a limitation in the daily work rate;
((b)) shall pay particular attention to the protection of workers and shall ensure that the conditions of use include risk mitigation measures, such as use of adequate personal protective equipment, re-entry period and limitation in the daily work rate;
((c)) shall pay particular attention to the protection of bystanders and residents and shall ensure that the conditions of use include risk mitigation measures, such as an appropriate buffer zone during and until 24 hours after the application from the perimeter of the application area to any occupied residences and areas used by the general public with obligation to use warning signs and ground markers;
((d)) shall pay particular attention to the protection of groundwater, when the active substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions and shall ensure that the conditions of use include risk mitigation measures, such as appropriate buffer zone;
((e)) shall pay particular attention to the risk to non-target organisms and shall ensure that conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.
The applicant shall submit confirmatory information on methyl isothiocyanate as regards:

((1)) the assessment of the long-range atmospheric transport potential and related environmental risks;
((2)) the potential groundwater contamination.
The applicant shall submit to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority such information by 31 May 2014.


ANNEX II

In Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation No (EU) 540/2011, the following entry is added:

No Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘22 MetamCAS No 144-54-7CIPAC No 20 Methyldithiocarbamic acid ≥ 965 g/kgExpressed as metam-sodium on a dry weight basis≥ 990 g/kgExpressed as metam-potassium on a dry weight basisRelevant impurities:
 methylisothiocyanate (MITC)
— max. 12 g/kg on dry weight basis (metam-sodium),
— max. 0,42 g/kg on dry weight basis (metam-potassium).
 N,N’-dimethylthiourea (DMTU)
— max. 23 g/kg on a dry weight basis (metam-sodium),
— max. 6 g/kg on a dry weight basis (metam-potassium). 1 July 2012 30 June 2022 
PART A Only uses as nematicide, fungicide, herbicide and insecticide may be authorised for application as soil fumigant prior to planting, limited to one application every third year on the same field.
The application may be authorised in open field by soil injection or drip irrigation, and in greenhouse by drip irrigation only. The use of gas-tight plastic film for drip irrigation shall be prescribed.
The maximum application rate shall be 153 kg/ha (corresponding to 86,3 kg/ha of MITC) in case of open field applications.
Authorisations shall be limited to professional users.

PART B For the implementation of the uniform principles as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on metam, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 9 March 2012, shall be taken into account.
In this overall assessment Member States:

((a)) shall pay particular attention to the protection of operators and shall ensure that the conditions of use include risk mitigation measures such as application of adequate personal protective equipment and a limitation in the daily work rate;
((b)) shall pay particular attention to the protection of workers and shall ensure that the conditions of use include risk mitigation measures, such as use of adequate personal protective equipment, re-entry period and limitation in the daily work rate;
((c)) shall pay particular attention to the protection of bystanders and residents and shall ensure that the conditions of use include risk mitigation measures, such as an appropriate buffer zone during and until 24 hours after the application from the perimeter of the application area to any occupied residences and areas used by the general public with obligation to use warning signs and ground markers;
((d)) shall pay particular attention to the protection of groundwater, when the active substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions and shall ensure that the conditions of use include risk mitigation measures, such as appropriate buffer zone;
((e)) shall pay particular attention to the risk to non-target organisms and shall ensure that conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.
The applicant shall submit confirmatory information on methyl isothiocyanate as regards:

((1)) the assessment of the long-range atmospheric transport potential and related environmental risks;
((2)) the potential groundwater contamination.
The applicant shall submit to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority such information by 31 May 2014.’


