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 2025 - Biphenyl-2-ol (CAS 90-43-7 EC 201-993-5) in product types 1, 2, 4, 6 and 13
- Epsilon-momfluorothrin (CAS 1065124-65-3 EC N/A) in product type 18
- L-(+)-lactic acid (CAS 79-33-4 EC 201-196-2) in product type 1
- 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
- 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 N/A) in product type 4
 29 June 2026 - 2-bromo-2-(bromomethyl)pentanedinitrile (DBDCB) (CAS 35691-65-7 EC 252-681-0) in product type 6
- 2-octyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (OIT) (CAS 26530-20-1 EC 247-761-7) in product type 8
- Amines, N-C10-16-alkyltrimethylenedi-, reaction products with chloroacetic acid (ampholyt 20) (CAS 139734-65-9 EC 701-317-3) in product types 2, 3 and 4
- Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain ISB06 (CAS N/A EC N/A) in product type 3
- Biphenyl-2-ol (CAS 90-43-7 EC 201-993-5) in product type 3
- N-cyclopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine (cyromazine) (CAS 66215-27-8 EC 266-257-8) in product type 18
- Reaction mass of N,N-didecyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methylammonium propionate and N,N-didecyl-N-(2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl)-N-methylammonium propionate and N,N-didecyl-N-(2-(2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl)-N-methylammonium propionate (CAS N/A EC N/A) in product type 8
 28 December 2026 - 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethyl 6-propylpiperonyl ether (piperonyl butoxide/PBO) (CAS 51-03-6 EC 200-076-7) in product type 18
- 2-methyl-1,2-benzothiazol-3(2H)-one (MBIT) (CAS 2527-66-4 EC 695-989-4) in product type 6
- Peracetic acid (CAS 79-21-0 EC 201-186-8) in product types 11 and 12
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. | 
