(1)

Commission Directive 2005/2/EC (2) included Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 as an active substance in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (3).

(2)

Active substances included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC are deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and are listed in Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4).

(3)

The approval of the active substance Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10, as set out in Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, expires on 31 July 2018.

(4)

An application for the renewal of the approval of Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 was submitted in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 (5) within the time period provided for in that Article.

(5)

The applicant submitted the supplementary dossiers required in accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012. The application was found to be complete by the rapporteur Member State.

(6)

The rapporteur Member State prepared a renewal assessment report in consultation with the co-rapporteur Member State and submitted it to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) and the Commission on the 25 November 2016.

(7)

The Authority communicated the renewal assessment report to the applicant and to the Member States for comments and forwarded the comments received to the Commission. The Authority also made the supplementary summary dossier available to the public.

(8)

On the 20 November 2017 the Authority communicated to the Commission its conclusion (6) on whether Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. The Commission presented the draft renewal report for Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 to the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 23 March 2018.

(9)

The applicant was given the possibility to submit comments on the renewal report.

(10)

It has been established with respect to one or more representative uses of at least one plant protection product containing Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 that the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are satisfied.

(11)

The risk assessment for the renewal of the approval of Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 is based on a limited number of representative uses, which however do not restrict the uses for which plant protection products containing Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 may be authorised. It is therefore appropriate not to maintain the restriction for use only as a fungicide.

(12)

The Commission further considers that Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 is a low-risk active substance pursuant to Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 fulfils the conditions set in point 5 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 is a strain of a micro-organism which, taking into account the intended uses, is expected to pose a low risk to humans, animals and the environment. Furthermore, Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 is a strain of a micro-organism (fungus) which is not pathogenic to humans, nor related to any known human, animal or plant pathogen, and for which no multiple resistance to antimicrobials used in human or veterinary medicine is known.

(13)

It is therefore appropriate to renew the approval of Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 as a low-risk substance.

(14)

In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in conjunction with Article 6 thereof and in the light of current scientific and technical knowledge, it is, however, necessary to include certain conditions.

(15)

In accordance with Article 20(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, in conjunction with Article 13(4) thereof, the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should be amended accordingly.

(16)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 841/2017 (7) extended the expiry date of the approval of Ampelomyces quisqualis strain AQ10 to 31 July 2018 in order to allow the renewal process to be completed before the expiry of the approval of that substance. Taking into account that the approval of the active substance expires on 31 July 2018, this Regulation should apply from 1 August 2018.

(17)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,