{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-115/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-115/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/115",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2009/115/EC of 31 August 2009 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include methomyl as active substance (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-115",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following entry 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‘Methomyl\nCAS No: 16752-77-50\nCIPAC No: 264\nS-methyl (EZ)-N-(methylcarbamoyloxy)thioacetimidate\n≥ 980 g/kg\n1 September 2009\n31 August 2019\nPART A\nOnly uses as insecticide on vegetables may be authorised at rates not exceeding 0,25 kg active substance per hectare per application and for a maximum of 2 applications per season.\nAuthorisations shall be limited to professional users.\nPART B\nFor the implementation of the uniform principles of Annex VI, the conclusions of the review report on methomyl, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on 12 June 2009 shall be taken into account.\nIn this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:\nthe operator safety: conditions of use shall prescribe the use of adequate personal protective equipment. Special attention shall be paid to the exposure of operators using knapsacks or other hand-held application equipment,\nthe protection of birds,\nthe protection of aquatic organisms: conditions of authorisation shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate, such as buffer zones, reduction of run-off and drift reduction nozzles,\nthe protection of non-target arthropods, in particular bees: risk mitigation measures to avoid all contact with bees shall be applied,\nMember States shall ensure that methomyl-based formulations contain effective repelling and/or emetic agents.\nWhere appropriate, conditions of authorisation shall include further risk mitigation measures.’",
  "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/115/annex",
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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."
}