EU approval cleared for fluxapyroxad

BASF’s new fungicide, fluxapyroxad (trade-marked as Xemium), has received a positive vote from the EU regulatory committee for full EU approval. Once formally confirmed by the European Commission, the active ingredient is scheduled to be added to the Annex of approved ais in the EU agrochemical registration Regulation (1107/2009) on January 1st 2013. Fluxapyroxad was evaluated under the previous EU agrochemical registration Directive (91/414) because BASF submitted its application to the UK in December 2009 and it was declared complete before June 14th 2011.