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European Union - Final Regulatory Action
Tepraloxydim CAS number:
149979-41-9
Date circular:
12/12/2022

Chemical name: (EZ)-(RS)-2-{1-[(2E)-3-chloroallyloxyimino]propyl}-3- hydroxy-5-perhydropyran-4-ylcyclohex-2-en-1-one

Final regulatory action has been taken for the category: Pesticide

Final regulatory action: The chemical is Banned

Use or uses prohibited by the final regulatory action:

All applications as a plant production product

Pesticide use or uses that remain allowed:

Not relevant

The final regulatory action was based on a risk or hazard evaluation: No

Summary of the final regulatory action:

It is prohibited to place on the market or use plant protection products containing the active substance tepraloxydim because tepraloxydim is not approved as active substance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market.
EU Member States had to withdraw all authorisations for plant protection products containing tepraloxydim as active substance by 31 May 2015 at the latest. Disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of plant protection products containing tepraloxydim is prohibited as of 31 May 2015.

The reasons for the final regulatory action were relevant to:

Date of entry into force of the final regulatory action: 15/01/2015

Complete entry into force of all provisions of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/58 of 15 January 2015 was by 5 February 2015.