
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance bentazone 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 June 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 April 2018.
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
BentazoneCAS No 25057-89-0CIPAC No 366 3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2- dioxide ≥ 960 g/kg1,2-dichloroethane < 3 mg/kg 1 June 2018 31 May 2025 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 bentazone, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In their overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the technical specification,
— the protection of operators and workers,
— the risk to birds and mammals,
— the protection of groundwater, particularly but not only in drinking water protected areas, and shall carefully consider the timing of application, soil and/or climatic conditions.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.The applicant shall submit by 1 February 2019 to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority confirmatory information as regards Level 2/3 tests as currently indicated in the OECD Conceptual Framework investigating the potential for endocrine-mediated effects of bentazone.

ANNEX II

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

((1)) in Part A, entry 11 on bentazone is deleted;
((2)) in Part B, the following entry is added:

Number Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘120 BentazoneCAS No 25057-89-0CIPAC No 366 3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2- dioxide ≥ 960 g/kg1,2-dichloroethane < 3 mg/kg 1 June 2018 31 May 2025 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 bentazone, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In their overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the technical specification,
— the protection of operators and workers,
— the risk to birds and mammals,
— the protection of groundwater, particularly but not only in drinking water protected areas, and shall carefully consider the timing of application, soil and/or climatic conditions.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures where appropriate.The applicant shall submit by 1 February 2019 to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority confirmatory information as regards Level 2/3 tests as currently indicated in the OECD Conceptual Framework investigating the potential for endocrine-mediated effects of bentazone.’

