
Article 1 
The active substance Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus, 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 Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus as an active substance by 30 November 2013.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 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 Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus 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 31 May 2013 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 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 Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 November 2014 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 November 2014 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 June 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 April 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
Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirusDSMZ number: BV-0003 Not applicable Minimum concentration: 1,44 × 1013 OB/l (occlusion bodies/l) 1 June 2013 31 May 2023 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 Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 15 March 2013, shall be taken into account.

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
‘38 Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirusDSMZ number: BV-0003 Not applicable Minimum concentration: 1,44 × 1013 OB/l (occlusion bodies/l) 1 June 2013 31 May 2023 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 Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 15 March 2013, shall be taken into account.’

