COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/433

of 12 March 2020

concerning the extension of the action taken by the Swedish Chemicals Agency permitting the making available on the market and use of the biocidal product Care Plus Mosquito Net in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2020) 1342)

(Only the Swedish text is authentic)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 55(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 25 September 2019 the Swedish Chemicals Agency (the ‘competent Swedish authority’) adopted a decision in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 55(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 to permit until 23 March 2020 the making available on the market and use of the biocidal product Care Plus Mosquito Net, a mosquito net impregnated with the active substance permethrin (‘the action’). The competent Swedish authority informed the Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States about the action and the justification for it, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 55(1) of that Regulation.

(2) According to the information provided by the competent Swedish authority, the action was necessary in order to protect public health. The use of the mosquito net impregnated with permethrin is intended to provide protection of humans against stinging and biting insects, thus preventing the transmission to them of pathogens by insect vectors, which pose a risk to public health. Under the conditions specified in the action, the product can be made available only in vaccination clinics and only together with instructions for proper use and safe disposal and, after the derogation period, the addressee of the action must, if requested by the competent Swedish authority, provide information on the number of nets distributed to the vaccination clinics.

(3) On 26 November 2019, the Commission received a reasoned request from the competent Swedish authority to extend the action in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 55(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The request was made on the basis of the continued concern that public health might be endangered by vector-borne diseases beyond 23 March 2020 and of the argument that the biocidal product Care Plus Mosquito Net is crucial in order to contain the danger posed by vector-borne diseases.

(4) According to the information provided by the competent Swedish authority, the alternatives for insect vector control (e.g. use of repellents, non-impregnated mosquito nets) do not allow a sufficient control of the vector insects.