It is prohibited to place on the market or use plant protection products containing ethoxyquin because this active substance has not been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (
OJ L309 24.11.2009 p.1-50) pursuant to Commission Decision 2011/143/EU of 3 March 2011 concerning the non-inclusion of ethoxyquin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and amending Commission Decision 2008/941/EC (
OJ L59 4.3.2011 p.71-72).
Ethoxyquin has therefore been added to Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (
OJ L204 31.7.2008 p.1-35) by Commission Regulation (EU) No 71/2012 of 27 January 2012 (
OJ L26 28.1.2012 p.23-25).
The results of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance ethoxyquin are summarised in the conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide (
EFSA Journal (2010) 8(9):1710, 1-38).
The main findings of the risk assessment are summarised in the review report for the active substance ethoxyquin (SANCO/12666/2010 of 28 January 2011) which supports the regulatory action (
Review Report).