Biocidal products must be phased off the GB market The active substance/product type combinations listed are due to expire under the GB Biocidal Products Regulation (GB BPR) on the following date: 31 December 2025 -
Copper flakes (coated with aliphatic acids) (CAS 7440-50-8 EC 231-159-6 ) in product type 21 -
Dichloro-N-[(dimethylamino)sulphonyl] fluoro-N-(ptolyl)methanesulphenamide (tolylfluanid) (CAS 731-27-1 Â EC 211-986-9) in product type 21 -
N-(Dichlorofluoromethylthio)-Nâ²,Nâ²-dimethyl-N-phenylsulfamide (dichlofluanid) (CAS 1085-98-9 Â EC 214-118-7) in product type 21 -
N-(trichloromethylthio)phthalimide (folpet) (CAS 133-07-3 Â EC 205-088-6) in product type 6 -
Zinc ethylenebis(dithiocarbamate) (polymeric) (zineb) (CAS 12122-67-7 EC 235-180-1) in product type 21
Once the approvals expire, the active substances will no longer be able to be used in biocidal products of the relevant product types in GB.
In addition articles treated with such products will no longer be able to be placed on the market in GB. If you hold an affected GB 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 expiry of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed, please contact us. Take action to keep your active substance in the GB Review Programme The active substance/product type combinations listed have been successfully notified into the GB Review Programme following open invitations. The next step is for a full active substance dossier to be submitted to HSE by the following deadlines: 21 March 2025 - (Benzylyoxy)methanol (CAS 14548-60-8 EC 238-588-8) in product type 6
23 March 2025
- Monolinuron (CAS 1746-81-2Â EC 217-129-5 ) in product type 2
Only the person, company or task force/consortium that successfully notified the active substance/product type combinations listed can submit a dossier.
If any of these active substance/product type combinations are 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 list of successful notifiers If a dossier is not submitted by the deadline, these active substance/product type combinations will be subject to a GB non-approval decision. This means the active substances will no longer be able to be used in biocidal products of the relevant product types in GB. In addition articles treated with such products will no longer be able to be placed on the market in GB. HSE will provide separate updates on these where relevant. | 
