# Commission Directive 2012/42/EU of 26 November 2012 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include hydrogen cyanide as an active substance in Annex I thereto (Text with EEA relevance), Annex

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

In Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC, the following entry is added:
For the implementation of the common principles of Annex VI, the content and conclusions of assessment reports are available on the Commission website: http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/biocides/index.htm
No
Common Name
IUPAC NameIdentification Numbers
Minimum purity of the active substance in the biocidal product as placed on the market
Date of inclusion
Deadline for compliance with Article 16(3) (except for products containing more than one active substance, for which the deadline to comply with Article 16(3) shall be the one set out in the last of the inclusion decisions relating to its active substances)
Expiry date of inclusion
Product type
Specific provisions
‘60
hydrogen cyanide
hydrogen cyanide
EC No: 200-821-6
CAS No: 74-90-8
976 g/kg
1 October 2014
30 September 2016
30 September 2024
8, 14 and 18
When assessing the application for authorisation of a product in accordance with Article 5 and Annex VI, Member States shall assess, where relevant for the particular product, those uses or exposure scenarios and those risks to human populations and to environmental compartments that have not been representatively addressed in the Union level risk assessment.
Member States shall ensure that authorisations of products for use as a fumigant are subject to the following conditions:
(1) product shall only be supplied to and used by professionals adequately trained to use them;
(2) safe operational procedures during fumigation and venting shall be established for operators and bystanders;
(3) products shall be used with adequate personal protective equipment including, where appropriate, self-contained breathing apparatus and gas-tight clothing;
(4) re-entry into fumigated spaces shall be prohibited until the air concentration has reached safe levels for operators and bystanders by ventilation;
(5) exposure during and after ventilation shall be prevented from exceeding safe levels for operators and bystanders by the establishment of a supervised exclusion zone;
(6) prior to fumigation, any food and any porous material with a potential to absorb the active substance, except wood intended to be treated, shall either be removed from the space to be fumigated or protected from absorption by adequate means, and the space to be fumigated shall be protected against accidental ignition.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2012/42/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-42/annex
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