# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1532 of 7 September 2017 addressing questions regarding the comparative assessment of anticoagulant rodenticides in accordance with Article 23(5) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division: Question (e): Do these alternatives present no other significant economic or practical disadvantages?

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

According to agreed Union guidance, the assessment of the practical and economical disadvantages is to be done with those alternatives meeting the eligibility criteria. Therefore, only the authorised biocidal products identified in table 2 were assessed for the purpose of this question.
According to the opinion, the use of aluminium phosphide releasing phosphine and carbon dioxide leads to significant practical or economical disadvantages compared to anticoagulant rodenticides, as the control of target organisms would be at very high efforts and/or disproportionate cost. Therefore, the condition of presenting no other significant economic or practical disadvantage in Article 23(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 is not met for the above-mentioned authorised biocidal products.
Concerning alpha chloralose products, their temperature-dependent efficacy would compromise the use of this alternative in locations where the temperature cannot be controlled, resulting in a practical disadvantage for use in warm environments. Moreover, considering the lack of chemical diversity (see section addressing Question (a), replacing or restricting the use of anticoagulant rodenticides with only this substance would not be advised in order to minimize the occurrence of resistance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/1532/annex/division/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1532/annex/division-6
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