#32026D0379Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/379 of 20 February 2026 repealing Implementing Decisions (EU) 2022/1487 and (EU) 2025/434 postponing the expiry dates of the approval of etofenprox for use in biocidal products of product-types 8 and 18
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This decision repeals two previous Commission decisions that had postponed the expiry of etofenprox approvals for biocidal product types 8 (wood preservatives) and 18 (insecticides). The applicant withdrew both renewal applications on 12 June 2025. As a result, the approval of etofenprox for these uses is not renewed under Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The original postponements had extended the approval for PT8 until 31 October 2026 and for PT18 until 31 December 2027. With the withdrawal, these extensions are now cancelled and the non-renewal decision takes full effect.
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Key Changes
- Repeals Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1487 which had extended etofenprox PT8 approval until 31 October 2026
- Repeals Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/434 which had extended etofenprox PT18 approval until 31 December 2027
- Etofenprox approval for product-types 8 and 18 is not renewed following withdrawal of applications on 12 June 2025
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Obligations
What this law requires
Cease marketing and use of etofenprox in biocidal products of product-type 8 (wood preservatives) as the approval is not renewed and postponement decisions are repealed
Cease marketing and use of etofenprox in biocidal products of product-type 18 (insecticides) as the approval is not renewed and postponement decisions are repealed
Remove from the market or otherwise dispose of existing stocks of etofenprox biocidal products for product-types 8 and 18 in accordance with applicable waste and environmental regulations following the entry into force of this decision
Comply with the decision's entry into force date of the twentieth day following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union