
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance dimethoate is not renewed.
Article 2 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 149, on dimethoate, is deleted.
Article 3 
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing dimethoate as active substance by 31 December 2019 at the latest.
Article 4 
Any 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 by 30 September 2019 for plant protection products used on cherries and by 30 June 2020 for plant protection products used on other crops, at the latest.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.