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HSE Biocides eBulletin

Issued: 14 December 2021

This eBulletin contains information on regulating biocides in Great Britain. 

The GB Biocidal Products Regulation (GB BPR) operates independently from the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR), which applies in Northern Ireland.

Separate eBulletins containing information specific to regulating biocides in Northern Ireland are issued as appropriate.

Reminder – upcoming GB active substance expiry dates

Biocidal products must be phased off the GB market

The active substance/product type combinations listed below are due to expire under the GB BPR on the following dates:

• N,N′-methylenebismorpholine (MBM) (CAS 5625-90-1 EC 227-062-3) in product types 6 and 13
  31 March 2022
  
  
• 1-(3,5-dichloro-4-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)phenyl)-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)urea (Hexaflumuron) (CAS 86479-06-3 EC 401-400-1) in product type 18
  31 March 2022
  
  
• Cyclohexylhydroxydiazene 1-oxide, potassium salt (K-HDO) (CAS 66603-10-9 EC n/a) in product type 8
  31 December 2022

Once the approvals expire, the active substances can no longer be used in biocidal products of the relevant product types in Great Britain.

If you hold an affected GB BPR product authorisation or Control of Pesticides Regulations (COPR) product approval, we will contact you about cancelling or revoking your authorisation or approval. You will have an opportunity to submit comments or additional information and we will take account of these when finalising our decision.

If you are aware of any disproportionate negative effects that are likely to arise from the expiry of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed above, please contact us.

Reminder – upcoming GB active substance dossier submission deadlines

Take action to keep your active substance in the GB Review Programme

The active substance/product type combinations listed below have been successfully notified into the GB Review Programme following open invitations.

The next step is for a full active substance dossier to be submitted to HSE by the following deadlines:

• Peanut butter (CAS n/a EC n/a) in product type 19
  17 December 2022
  
  
• 2,2-dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide (DBNPA) (CAS 10222-01-2 EC 233-539-7) in product type 2
  16 November 2023

Only the person, company or taskforce/consortium that successfully notified the active substance/product type combinations listed above can submit a dossier.

If any of these active substance/product type combinations are important to you, consider contacting the notifier to let them know. You may even be able to join them in supporting the active substance.

Check the list of successful notifiers.

If a dossier is not submitted by the deadline, these active substance/product type combinations will be subject to a GB non-approval decision. Biocidal products containing active substances with GB non-approval decisions for the relevant product types will have to be removed from the GB market. HSE will provide separate updates on these where relevant.

Are your contact details up to date?

Make sure you are receiving important information about your product authorisations and approvals

If you hold product authorisations and approvals in Great Britain under the GB BPR or the Control of Pesticides Regulations (COPR), you should make sure HSE has the right contact details for you.

If the details we hold are out of date, you may not receive important information about your product authorisation or approval.

Update your details.