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 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: 27 December 2024 [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 Bacillus sphaericus 2362, strain ABTS-1743 (CAS 143447-72-7  EC N/A) in product type 18 Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, strain SA3A (CAS N/A EC N/A) in product type 18 Propan-2-ol (CAS 67-63-0 EC 200-661-7) in product types 1, 2 and 4
29 March 2025 (E)-1-(2-chloro-1,3-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-3- methyl-2-nitroguanidine (clothianidin) (CAS 210880-92-5 EC 433-460-1) in product type 18 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (MIT) (CAS 2682-20-4 EC 220-239-6) in product type 13 Glutaral (glutaraldehyde) (CAS 111-30-8 EC 203-856-5) in product types 2, 3, 4, 6, 11 and 12 N-(trichloromethylthio)phthalimide (folpet) (CAS 133-07-3 EC 205-088-6) in product types 7 and 9
29 March 2026 Peracetic acid (CAS 79-21-0 EC 201-186-8) in product types 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
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. | 