
Article 1 
The active substance sodium silver thiosulfate, 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 sodium silver thiosulfate as an active substance by 31 October 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 sodium silver thiosulfate 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 April 2014 at the latest, 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 sodium silver thiosulfate as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 October 2015 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing sodium silver thiosulfate as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 October 2015 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 those substances, whichever is the latest.
Article 3 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 4 
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 May 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 November 2013.
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
Sodium silver thiosulfateCAS No not allocatedCIPAC No 762 Not applicable ≥ 10,0 g Ag/kgExpressed as silver (Ag) 1 May 2014 30 April 2024 
PART A Only indoor uses in non-edible crops shall be authorised.

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 sodium silver thiosulfate, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 3 October 2013 shall be taken into account.
In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:

((a)) the protection of operators and workers;
((b)) limiting the possible release of silver ions through disposal of used solutions;
((c)) the risk to terrestric vertebrates and soil invertebrates from the use of sewage sludge in agriculture.
Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.


ANNEX II

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

Number Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘63 Sodium silver thiosulfateCAS No not allocatedCIPAC No 762 Not applicable ≥ 10,0 g Ag/kgExpressed as silver (Ag) 1 May 2014 30 April 2024 
PART A Only indoor uses in non-edible crops shall be authorised.

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 sodium silver thiosulfate, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 3 October 2013 shall be taken into account.
In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to

((a)) the protection of operators and workers;
((b)) limiting the possible release of silver ions through disposal of used solutions;
((c)) the risk to terrestric vertebrates and soil invertebrates from the use of sewage sludge in agriculture.
Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.’


