Regulations have been laid in Parliament to change the data protection end date in Article 95(5) to 31 December 2030.
The Biocidal Products (Data Protection Periods) (Amendment) 2025 were laid in Parliament on 25 November 2025.
These Regulations will come into force on 30 December 2025, subject to successful completion of Parliamentary processes.
The purpose of these Regulations is to change the date that regulatory data protection ends for active substances in the GB Review Programme, as set out in Article 95(5) of GB Biocidal Products Regulation (GB BPR). The data protection period has been increased by 5 years, from 31 December 2025 to 31 December 2030.
Therefore, data submitted for the first time in support of an active substance in the GB Review Programme is protected until either:
- 10 years from the first day of the month following the date of approval or inclusion onto the GB Simplified Active Substance List
- 31 December 2030
The Regulations also make minor technical changes to ensure Article 95(5) works as intended and updates the references in Article 95(5) and Article 95(3) to assimilated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014.
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