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HSE Biocides eBulletin

Issued: 16 March 2022

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.

GB Article 95 List – Take action by 31 December 2022

Resubmit data and confirm you are based in the UK by 31 December 2022.

Biocidal active substance and product suppliers included on the EU Article 95 List at the end of the EU exit transition period on 31 December 2020 were automatically added to the GB Article 95 List.

If you wish to remain on the GB Article 95 List after 31 December 2022, you must:

• resubmit your data or letter of access to HSE; and
  
  
• confirm to HSE that you (or your representative) are established in the UK (Great Britain or Northern Ireland)

If you have already provided your data or letter of access to comply with earlier GB resubmission deadlines, you do not need to submit this again.

Suppliers that fail to complete both actions by 31 December 2022 will be removed from the GB Article 95 List.

IMPORTANT: Biocidal products containing active substances sourced from suppliers that are removed from the list cannot be supplied in GB – product suppliers are advised to check with their active supplier that the necessary actions are being taken.

Reminder – upcoming GB active substance renewal submission deadlines

Apply for active substance renewal by the deadlines to keep products on the GB market

Under the GB BPR, active substance approvals will expire unless a renewal application is submitted at least 550 days before their expiry date.

The 550-day deadlines are coming up for the following active substance/product type combinations under GB BPR:

• cis-Tricos-9-ene, (Z)-Tricos-9-ene (Muscalure) (CAS 27519-02-4 EC 248-505-7) in product type 19
  30 March 2023
  
  
• Hydrogen cyanide (CAS 74-90-8 EC 200-821-6) in product types 8, 14 and 18
  30 March 2023
  
  
• 4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5- (trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile (Tralopyril) (CAS 122454-29-9 EC n/a) in product type 21
  28 September 2023

Any person, company or taskforce/consortium can support an active substance/product type combination for renewal – it doesn’t have to be the original supporter.

Check the GB Article 95 List to see who the original supporters were.

If a renewal application is not submitted for the above active substance/product type combinations under GB BPR, the approvals will expire. This means the active substances can no longer be used in biocidal products of the relevant product types in Great Britain.