
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance amitrole is not renewed.
Article 2 
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing amitrole as active substance by 30 September 2016.
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 on 30 September 2017 at the latest.
Article 4 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 14 on amitrole is deleted.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 1 June 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER