Year-end inventory | Summary of active ingredients not approved by the EU in 2023

 In 2023, the European Commission issued a formal notice of non-approval for seven active substances approved under the Plant Protection Regulation (EC) 1107/2007 or the old regulation Directive 91/414/EEC.

The approval decision is based on the scientific evaluation of the data by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), as well as the approval criteria for active substances under current regulations, and the following is a review of those pesticide active substances that were officially "abandoned" by the EU in 2023, and withdrew from the EU market because there was no support for re-review or re-review applications were withdrawn.

1. Benfluralin 

Benfluralin is a 2-Nitroaniline herbicide that can be used as a bud herbicide to control weeds in a range of food and non-food crops.

2. Oxamyl 

Oxamyl is a broad-spectrum insecticide used to control nematodes and a variety of sucking and chewing mouth pests.

 3. Dimoxystrobin 

Dimoxystrobin is a new strobilurins fungicide developed by BASF AG and first marketed in the UK in 2003 to combat a wide range of diseases in cereals, vegetables and turf.

4.  Benthiavalicarb  

Benthiavalicarb is a carbamate fungicide developed for Kumiai Chemical. It is a phospholipid and cell wall biosynthesis inhibitor, which can inhibit the growth of mycelia, the germination and formation of spores and sporangia, and can prevent and control vegetable, grape downy mildew, potato late blight, etc.

5. Metiram 

Metiram is an excellent protective fungicide, mainly used to control vegetable downy mildew, anthracnose, brown blotch and so on.

6. Clofentezine 

Clofentezine is a tetraprazine acaricide, an inhibitor of embryonic development, and has a strong killing effect on mites and eggs.

7. Triflusulfuron-methyl 

Triflusulfuron-methyl is a Sulfonylureas herbicide developed by DuPont, which affects cell division and growth by inhibiting acetyllactase synthesis in plants and blocking side chain amino acid biosynthesis.

In addition, according to the provisions of the Plant Protection Regulation (EC) 1107/2007 on the re-evaluation of substances, the re-evaluation applicant must submit a re-evaluation application for the substance three years before the expiry of the active substance's validity period, and the following active substances are due to no support for re-evaluation or the re-evaluation application is withdrawn.