
Article 1 
Peracetic acid generated from tetraacetylethylenediamine and sodium percarbonate is approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2, 3 and 4, subject to the specifications and conditions set out in the Annex.
Article 2 
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, 14 July 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Common Name IUPAC NameIdentification Numbers Minimum degree of purity of the active substance Date of approval Expiry date of approval Product type Specific conditions
Peracetic acid generated from tetraacetylethylenediamine and sodium percarbonate IUPAC Name:Peroxyethanoic acidEC No: 201-186-8CAS No: 79-21-0Precursors:
 IUPAC Name: N,N′-ethane-1,2-diylbis(N-acetylacetamide)
EC No: 234-123-8
CAS No: 10543-57-4
 IUPAC Name: Sodium percarbonate
EC No: 239-707-6
CAS No: 15630-89-4 The specification for peracetic acid generated in situ is based on the precursors tetraacetylethylenediamine and sodium percarbonate.The minimum degree of purity of tetraacetylethylenediamine is 99,0 % and the minimum degree of purity of the sodium percarbonate is 85,1 % 1 January 2019 31 December 2028 2 The authorisations of biocidal products are subject to the following conditions:
((1)) The product assessment shall pay particular attention to the exposures, the risks and the efficacy linked to any use covered by an application for authorisation, but not addressed in the Union-level risk assessment of the active substance.
((2)) In view of the risks identified for the uses assessed, the product assessment shall pay particular attention to:

((a)) industrial and professional users;
((b)) surface water for products used in laundry disinfection in closed washing machines in households.
3 The authorisations of biocidal products are subject to the following conditions:
((1)) The product assessment shall pay particular attention to the exposures, the risks and the efficacy linked to any use covered by an application for authorisation, but not addressed in the Union-level risk assessment of the active substance.
((2)) In view of the risks identified for the uses assessed, the product assessment shall pay particular attention to industrial and professional users.
4 The authorisations of biocidal products are subject to the following conditions:
((1)) The product assessment shall pay particular attention to the exposures, the risks and the efficacy linked to any use covered by an application for authorisation, but not addressed in the Union-level risk assessment of the active substance.
((2)) In view of the risks identified for the uses assessed, the product assessment shall pay particular attention to industrial and professional users.
