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HSE Biocides ebulletin

Issued: 6 August 2024

 

This ebulletin contains information on regulating biocides in Northern Ireland (NI).

Reminder – upcoming EU active substance open invitation deadline

Submit a notification by the deadline to keep active substances in the EU Review Programme

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published an open invitation to provide an opportunity for a person, company or task force/consortium to notify an intention to take up or take over the role of participant in the EU Review Programme for the following active substance/product type combinations.

 

This affects NI. Anyone wishing to support one of the active substance/product type combinations listed below in the EU will need to submit a notification to ECHA by the following deadline:

• Pyrithione zinc (zinc pyrithione) (CAS 236-671-3 EC 13463-41-7) in product types 2 and 10
  21 December 2024

If a notification to take over the role of participant is not received, these active substance/product type combinations will be subject to an EU non-approval decision. This means the active substance will no longer be able to be used in biocidal products of the relevant product types in NI.

 

In addition articles treated with such products will no longer be able to be placed on the market in NI. HSE will provide separate updates on these where relevant.

 

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

EU active substance expiry dates postponed

Active substance expiry dates postponed whilst the renewal evaluation is completed in the EU

For reasons beyond the control of the applicants, the approvals of the active substance/product type combinations listed below were likely to expire before a decision could be taken on their renewal under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR).

 

To allow sufficient time for the renewal evaluation to be completed, a decision has been taken to postpone the expiry dates of the following approvals. This affects NI:

• Cis-tricos-9-ene, (Z)-Tricos-9-ene (muscalure) (CAS 27519-02-4 EC 248-505-7 ) in product type 19
  30 September 2024 to 31 March 2027
  
  
• 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
  30 September 2024 to 31 March 2027
  
  
• Hydrogen cyanide (CAS 74-90-8 EC 200-821-6) in product types 8, 14 and 18
  30 September 2024 to 31 March 2027
  
  

If you want to supply new biocidal products containing these active substances, you can still apply for EU BPR product authorisation. New products (including new trade names) must not be supplied in NI until product authorisation is granted.

 

HSE will provide separate updates on the renewal decisions when relevant.