EU REVISES NEW BIOCIDAL PRODUCT REGULATION

摘要

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced that new reforms and guidance for the European Union's (EU) new biocidal products regulation clarify difficulties discovered in the original legislation. One amending regulation (334/2014) includes a new definition of biocidal product families, which sub-categorises products by risk and efficacy. It also confirms that new biocide-treated articles can be sold in the EU if an application for approval of an active substance or product type used is made by 1 September, 2016.