2013-05-13
EU Commission to adopt biocide fees law
at the beginning of June 2013 and take effect 20 days later
2013-05-09
New Implementing regulation (EU) No 414/2013 to the BPR
which specifies the procedure for the authorisation of the same biocidal products
2013-05-01
Restriction on the use of the word Natural
from 1 September 2013 articles 69 and 72 of the new Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) 528/2012 (BPR) will effect labelling
2013-04-22
Commission publishes Changes Regulation to the BPR
New Changes Regulation to the BPR
2013-03-11
ECHA's Fees Regulation
rejected by Member States
2013-01-21
EU Commission publishes BPD Annex I Inclusion Directives for active substances
and will be Included in Annex I of the BPD on 1st October 2014
2012-11-06
Products for moss control under the Control of Pesticides Regulation
HSE will not accept product applications for approval under COPR which make claims against moss
2012-09-18
New BPD Annex I/IA Inclusion Directives
2012-07-19
New Biocides Regulation enters into force
Biocidal Products Regulation entered into force on 17 July and the regulatory requirements for industry will apply from 1 September 2013.
2012-06-29
Final BPR text published
Read the BPR text which has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union
2012-06-08
Update on the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) and article by Richard Elsmore
Council of the European Union adopts the proposed BPR regulation
2012-05-15
Hydrochloric Acid BPD Annex I inclusion decision
Date set for Annex I inclusion of Hydrochloric acid
2012-03-12
Active substances into Annex I of BPD
More substances voted on for Annex I inclusion at the May 2012 meeting of the EU Standing Committee on Biocides
2012-03-01
New Biocidal Products Directive (BPD) Withdrawal Notice
New withdrawal notice published by EU
2012-02-23
Biocides (BPD/BPR) update
Inclusion directives, non-inclusions and technical guidance information
2012-02-16
More active substances into Annex I of BPD
The Standing Committee on Biocides have voted for Annex I non-inclusion on a number of substances
2012-01-20
The Biocidal Products Regulation was adopted by the European Parliament on 19th January 2012
The implementation of an EU Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) comes one step closer to implementation
2011-06-01
Biocidal Products Directive - read Richard Elsmore's article in Speciality Chemicals
2010-11-08
Biocide and Plant Protection Products – don’t get caught out by CLP
Under the new CLP Regulation manufacturers and importers are required to notify the classification and labelling (C&L) of substances to ECHA from 1 December 2010. But who needs to notify?
2010-09-23
European Parliament’s bid for safer Biocides
First reading of the Biocidal Products Regulation took place on 22 September 2010
2010-05-21
Biocidal Product Authorisations under the BPD (98/8/EC) and existing national legislation
The publication of the Annex I inclusion decision for an active substance triggers the next phase of the BPD which is biocidal product authorisation.
2009-12-03
Revision of the BPD
Two revisions of the BPD were proposed in 2009, One, the ‘mini-revision’ has been published the other ‘major revision’ is under consultation
2009-12-03
Many biocidal actives are lost
A large number of active substances have been non-included and biocidal products that contain them will be phased out
2009-12-03
New Biocidal active substances included on Annex I
The number of active substances successfully achieving Annex I inclusion is growing, this is triggering the need for product authorisation
