
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance imazamox, as a candidate for substitution, is renewed as set out in Annex I.
Article 2 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
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 November 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 September 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
imazamoxCAS No 114311-32-9CIPAC No 619 2-[(RS)-4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl]-5-methoxymethylnicotinic acid ≥ 950 g/kgThe impurity cyanide ion (CN–) shall not exceed 5 mg/kg in the technical material. 1 November 2017 31 October 2024 For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the renewal report on imazamox, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the protection of consumers;
— the protection of aquatic plants and of non-target terrestrial plants;
— the protection of groundwater, when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions.Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures and monitoring programs shall be initiated to verify potential groundwater contamination from imazamox and metabolites CL 312622 and CL 354825 in vulnerable zones, where appropriate.

ANNEX II

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Part A, entry 41 on imazamox is deleted;
((2)) in Part E, the following entry is added:

Number Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘8 imazamoxCAS No 114311-32-9CIPAC No 619 2-[(RS)-4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl]-5-methoxymethylnicotinic acid ≥ 950 g/kgThe impurity cyanide ion (CN–) shall not exceed 5 mg/kg in the technical material. 1 November 2017 31 October 2024 For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the renewal report on imazamox, and in particular Appendices I and II thereto, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the protection of consumers;
— the protection of aquatic plants and of non-target terrestrial plants;
— the protection of groundwater, when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions.Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures and monitoring programs shall be initiated to verify potential groundwater contamination from imazamox and metabolites CL 312622 and CL 354825 in vulnerable zones, where appropriate.’

