Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 781/2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 540/2011, as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance fipronil, and prohibiting the use and sale of seeds treated with plant protection products containing this active substance.

This Regulation amends the Annex to Regulation (EU) No. 540/2011, as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance fipronil. Furthermore it prohibits the marketing of seeds of crops which have been treated with plant protection products containing fipronil. Seeds intended to be sown in greenhouses and seeds of leek, onions, shallots, and the group of Brassica vegetables intended to be sown in fields and harvested before flowering are exempted from this prohibition.