It is prohibited to place on the market or use plant protection products containing guazatine 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 L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1-50) pursuant to Commission Decision 2008/934/EC of 5 December 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of certain active substances in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these substances (
OJ L 333, 11.12.2008, p. 11-14).
It is prohibited to place on the market or use biocidal products containing the substance guazatine triacetate for product-type 2 (private area and public health area disinfectants and other biocidal products) and for product-type 8 (wood preservatives) because it is not included in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (
OJ L167 27.06.2012 p.1-123).
Guazatine has therefore been added to Part 1 and Part 2 of Annex I by Commission Regulation (EU) No 834/2011 of 19 August 2011 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (
OJ L 215, 20.8.2011, p. 1-3).
The results of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance guazatine (variant assessed guazatine acetates) are summarised in the conclusion regarding the peer review as issued on 26th August 2010 (
EFSA Scientific Report (2010):8(8), 1-65 ).