{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-135/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-135/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/135",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2006/135/EC of 11 December 2006 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include carbendazim as active substance (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-135",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following entries shall be added at the end of the table in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC:\nFurther details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.\nNo\nCommon name, identification numbers\nIUPAC name\nPurity\nEntry into force\nExpiration of inclusion\nSpecific provisions\n‘149\nCarbendazim (unstated stereochemistry)\nCAS No 10605-21-7\nCIPAC No 263\nMethyl benzimidazol-2-ylcarbamate\n980 g/kg\n1 January 2007\n31 December 2009\nPART A\nOnly uses as fungicide on the following crops may be authorised:\ncereals\nrapeseed\nsugar beet\nmaize\nat rates not exceeding\n0,25 kg active substance per hectare per application for cereals and rapeseed,\n0,075 kg active substance per hectare per application for sugar beet,\n0,1 kg active substance per hectare per application for maize.\nThe following uses must not be authorised:\nair application,\nknapsack and hand-held applications neither by amateur nor by professional users,\nhome gardening.\nMember States shall ensure that all appropriate risk mitigation measures are applied. Particular attention must be paid to the protection of:\naquatic organisms. An appropriate distance must be kept between treated areas and surface water bodies. This distance may depend on the application or not of drift reducing techniques or devices,\nearthworms and other soil macro-organisms. Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures, such as the selection of the most appropriate combination of numbers and timing of application, rates of application, and, if necessary, the degree of concentration of the active substance,\nbirds and mammals. Conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures, such as a judicious timing of the application and the selection of those formulations which, as a result of their physical presentation or the presence of agents that ensure an adequate avoidance, minimise the exposure of the concerned species,\noperators, who must wear suitable protective clothing, in particular gloves, coveralls, rubber boots and face protection or safety glasses during mixing, loading, application and cleaning of the equipment, unless the exposure to the substance is adequately precluded by the design and construction of the equipment itself or by the mounting of specific protective components on such equipment.\nPART B\nFor the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on carbendazim, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.\nMember States must ensure that the authorisation holders report at the latest on 31 December of each year on incidences of operator health problems. Member States may require that elements, such as sales data and a survey of use patterns, are provided so that a realistic picture of the use conditions and the possible toxicological impact of carbendazim can be obtained.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}