(1)

Commission Directive 2008/127/EC (2) included aluminium ammonium sulfate as an active substance in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (3).

(2)

According to Article 78(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, 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 aluminium ammonium sulfate, as set out in Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, expires on 15 December 2024.

(4)

On 24 august 2016, an application for the renewal of the approval of the active substance aluminium ammonium sulfate was submitted to Ireland, the rapporteur Member State, and Portugal, the co-rapporteur Member State, in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 (5) and within the time period provided for in that Article.

(5)

The applicant submitted the supplementary dossiers required pursuant to Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 to the rapporteur Member State, the co-rapporteur Member State, the Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’). The application was found to be admissible by the rapporteur Member State.

(6)

The rapporteur Member State prepared a draft renewal assessment report in consultation with the co-rapporteur Member State and submitted it to the Authority and the Commission on 25 June 2019. In its draft renewal assessment report the rapporteur Member State proposed to renew the approval of aluminium ammonium sulfate.

(7)

The Authority forwarded the draft renewal assessment report to the applicant and to the Member States for comments and launched a public consultation on it. The Authority forwarded the comments received to the Commission. The Authority also made the supplementary summary dossier available to the public.

(8)

On 13 April 2022, the Authority communicated to the Commission its conclusion (6) which indicated that aluminium ammonium sulfate can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(9)

The Commission presented a renewal report regarding aluminium ammonium sulfate and a draft of this Regulation to the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 24 May 2023 and 11 July 2023, respectively.

(10)

The Commission invited the applicant to submit its comments on the conclusion of the Authority and, in accordance with Article 14(1), third subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012, on the renewal report. The applicant submitted its comments, which have been carefully examined and taken into consideration.

(11)

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

(12)

The risk assessment for the renewal of the approval of the active substance aluminium ammonium sulfate is based on a limited number of representative uses, which however do not restrict the uses for which plant protection products containing aluminium ammonium sulfate may be authorised. It is therefore appropriate not to maintain the restriction to use as a repellent.

(13)

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

(14)

It is therefore appropriate to renew the approval of aluminium ammonium sulfate.

(15)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(16)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1446 (7) extended the approval period of aluminium ammonium sulfate to 15 December 2024 in order to allow the renewal process to be completed before the expiry of the approval period of that active substance. However, given that a decision on renewal has been taken ahead of that extended expiry date, this Regulation should apply earlier than that date.

(17)

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