# 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), Annex

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

The following entries shall be added at the end of the table in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC:
Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.
No
Common name, identification numbers
IUPAC name
Purity
Entry into force
Expiration of inclusion
Specific provisions
‘149
Carbendazim (unstated stereochemistry)
CAS No 10605-21-7
CIPAC No 263
Methyl benzimidazol-2-ylcarbamate
980 g/kg
1 January 2007
31 December 2009
PART A
Only uses as fungicide on the following crops may be authorised:
cereals
rapeseed
sugar beet
maize
at rates not exceeding
0,25 kg active substance per hectare per application for cereals and rapeseed,
0,075 kg active substance per hectare per application for sugar beet,
0,1 kg active substance per hectare per application for maize.
The following uses must not be authorised:
air application,
knapsack and hand-held applications neither by amateur nor by professional users,
home gardening.
Member States shall ensure that all appropriate risk mitigation measures are applied. Particular attention must be paid to the protection of:
aquatic 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,
earthworms 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,
birds 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,
operators, 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.
PART B
For 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.
Member 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.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/135/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-135/annex
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