
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance thiacloprid is not renewed.
Article 2 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 row 92, on thiacloprid, is deleted.
Article 3 
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing thiacloprid as active substance by 3 August 2020.
Article 4 
Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall expire by 3 February 2021.
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, 13 January 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN