Apply for active substance renewal by the deadlines to keep products on the NI market Under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR), active substance approvals will expire unless a renewal application is submitted to European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) at least 550 days before their expiry date.  The 550-day deadlines are coming up for the following active substance/product type combinations under EU BPR. This affects NI: - [1α(S*),3α]-(α)-cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2.2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (alpha-cypermethrin) (CAS 67375-30-8 EC 614-054-3) in product type 18
27 December 2024 - Bacillus sphaericus 2362, strain ABTS-1743 (CAS 143447-72-7 EC n/a) in product type 18
27 December 2024 - Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, strain SA3A (CAS n/a EC n/a) in product type 18
27 December 2024 - Propan-2-ol (CAS 67-63-0 EC 200-661-7) in product types 1, 2 and 4
27 December 2024 - Copper, granulated (CAS 7440-50-8 EC 231-159-6) in product type 8
29 June 2025 - Biphenyl-2-ol (CAS 90-43-7 EC 201-993-5) in product types 1, 2, 4, 6 and 13
27 December 2025 - Epsilon-momfluorothrin (CAS 1065124-65-3 EC n/a) in product type 18
27 December 2025 - L-(+)-lactic acid (CAS 79-33-4 EC 201-196-2) in product type 1
27 December 2025 - Mixture of 5-chloro-2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (EINECS 247-500-7) and 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (EINECS 220-239-6) (mixture of CMIT/MIT) (CAS 55965-84-9 EC n/a) in product types 2, 4, 6, 11, 12 and 13
27 December 2025 - Polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride with a mean number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 1600 and a mean polydispersity (PDI) of 1.8 (PHMB (1600;1.8)) (CAS 27083-27-8 / 32289-58-0 EC 608-042-10) in product type 4
27 December 2025
 Any person, company or task force/consortium can support an active substance/product type combination for renewal â it doesnât have to be the original supporter.  Check the EU Article 95 List to see who the original supporters were.  If any of these active substance/product type combinations are important to you, consider contacting your supplier to let them know.  If a renewal application is not submitted for the above active substance/product type combinations under EU BPR, the approvals will expire. This means the active substances 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. Biocidal products must be phased off the NI market The active substance/product type combinations listed below are due to expire under the EU BPR on the following date. This affects NI: - 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-3-(1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)pentan-3-ol (tebuconazole) (CAS 107534-96-3 EC 403-640-2) in product types 7 and 10
30 June 2025
Once the approval expires, the active substance/product type combinations 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. Â If you hold an affected EU 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. Â If you are aware of any disproportionate negative impacts that are likely to arise from the expiry of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed above, please contact us. | 
