Apply for product authorisation by the deadline to keep your products on the NI market Following evaluation under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR), a decision has been taken to approve the following active substance/product type combinations. This will affect NI: Action for biocidal product suppliers If you supply biocidal products containing these active substances in the relevant product types, you must apply for EU BPR product authorisation by 1 March 2026 to keep them on the NI market. New products must not be supplied in NI until product authorisation is granted. Action for active substance suppliers If you supply these active substances for use in biocidal products of the relevant product types, you may need to apply for technical equivalence. If you havenât demonstrated technical equivalence for your manufacturing source, EU BPR product authorisation cannot be granted for biocidal products containing your active substance. Biocidal products must be phased off the NI market Following evaluation under the EU BPR, a decision has been taken not to renew the following active substance approval. This affects NI: Along with the non-renewal, Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2401 repeals the previous decision on the postponement of the expiry date for sulfuryl fluoride. 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. If you are aware of any disproportionate negative impacts that are likely to arise from the non-renewal of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed above, please contact us. Take action to keep your active substance in the EU Review Programme The active substance/product type combination listed below has been successfully notified into the EU Review Programme following an open invitation. The next step is for a full active substance dossier to be submitted to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) by the following deadline. This affects NI: 16 April 2026 - Hydrogen peroxide (CAS 7722-84-1 EC 231-765-0) in product type 11
Only the person, company or task force/consortium that successfully notified the active substance/product type combination listed above can submit a dossier.
If this active substance/product type combination is important to you, consider contacting the notifier to let them know. You may even be able to join them in supporting the active substance. Check the ECHA list of notifications If a dossier is not submitted by the deadline, this active substance/product type combination 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 type 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. | 
