
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance thiabendazole, as specified in Annex I, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
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 the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 January 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
Thiabendazole 2-(thiazol-4-yl)benzimidazole ≥ 985 g/kg 1 April 2017 31 March 2032 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 thiabendazole, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the protection of operators and consumers,
— the protection of groundwater,
— the control of waste water from post-harvest uses.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.The applicant shall submit by 31 March 2019 to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority confirmatory information regarding Level 2 tests as currently indicated in the OECD Conceptual Framework investigating the potential for endocrine-mediated effects of thiabendazole.
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ANNEX II

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

((1)) in Part A, entry 17 on thiabendazole is deleted;
((2)) in Part B, the following entry is added:

 Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘105 Thiabendazole 2-(thiazol-4-yl)benzimidazole ≥ 985 g/kg 1 April 2017 31 March 2032 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 thiabendazole, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the protection of operators and consumers,
— the protection of groundwater,
— the control of waste water from post-harvest uses.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.The applicant shall submit by 31 March 2019 to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority confirmatory information regarding Level 2 tests as currently indicated in the OECD Conceptual Framework investigating the potential for endocrine-mediated effects of thiabendazole.’
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