Transitional Measures under the Biocide Products Regulation

Introduction

On 1 September 2013, the European Commission implemented the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), in doing so repealing the Biocidal Products Directive (BPD) and the Member States’ national legislation implementing it. The new Regulation retained the basic principle of the Directive – that the permissioning regime is a two-step process involving first the approval of active substances and then the authorisation of biocidal products – however it also introduced new processes and broadened the scope. Whilst the transition from the BPD to the BPR was largely smooth for applicants therefore, a number of transitional measures needed to be put in place to ensure the transition of applications submitted under the Directive to the evaluation process of the Regulation.

These transitional measures are covered under Articles 89-95 of the Regulation and are summarised below.

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