
Article 1 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the row No 291 didecyldimethylammonium chloride, is deleted.
Article 2 
Member States shall ensure that authorisations for plant protection products containing didecyldimethylammonium chloride are withdrawn by 20 June 2013.
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 12 months after withdrawal of the respective authorisation at the latest.
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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 February 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO