
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance methyl nonyl ketone is withdrawn.
Article 2 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 238, methyl nonyl ketone, is deleted.
Article 3 
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing methyl nonyl ketone as an active substance by 26 August 2017 at the latest.
Article 4 
A 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 26 August 2018.
Article 5 
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, 5 May 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER