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Commission extends EU approval periods for 28 plant protection active substances

🇪🇺 EUR-Lex · Mon 26 Oct 2026

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2348, dated 23 October 2026, amends Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 to prolong approvals for a long list of pesticide active substances and microbial strains.

The European Commission has adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2348 of 23 October 2026, which extends the approval periods of a group of active substances used in plant protection products. The measure works by amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the legal text that lists approved active substances in the EU.

The title names a broad range of substances, including 2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid methylester, acequinocyl, acetic acid, aluminium phosphide, amidosulfuron, buprofezin, calcium carbide, emamectin, ethylene, fatty acids C7 to C20, fenoxaprop-P, flonicamid (IKI-220), halosulfuron-methyl and iron sulphate. The list continues with magnesium phosphide, metamitron, orange oil, quinmerac, sodium silver thiosulfate, sulcotrione, tembotrione and zinc phosphide.

Several microbial strains are also covered: Trichoderma asperellum strains ICC012, T25 and TV1, Trichoderma atroviride strain T-11, Trichoderma gamsii strain ICC080, and Trichoderma harzianum strains T-22 and ITEM 908.

The full text of the regulation was not available to VigiEye at the time of writing, so the new expiry dates for each substance and the reasons given for the extensions cannot be reported here. The act is an administrative extension of existing approvals under the EU pesticides framework. It is not a pharmacovigilance or medicines measure, and it does not concern human or veterinary medicinal products.

What it means for your team

  • Teams working on medicinal products need take no action: this is a plant protection products measure under the EU pesticides framework, not medicines legislation.
  • Companies holding or relying on the listed active substances in the agrochemical sector should consult the full regulation on EUR-Lex for the revised approval expiry dates.
  • Organisations that monitor EU regulatory activity broadly can note the act as a routine amendment to Regulation (EU) No 540/2011.

Official source: EUR-Lex ↗

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