HSE Biocides ebulletin

Issued: 7 December 2023

This ebulletin contains informationonregulating biocides in Northern Ireland (NI).

The EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR) operates independently from the GB Biocidal Products Regulation (GB BPR), which applies in Great Britain.

Separate ebulletins containing information specific to regulating biocides in Great Britain are issued as appropriate.

EU active substance open invitation deadline

Submit a notification by the deadline to keep active substances in the EU Review Programme

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published an open invitation to provide an opportunity for a person, company or task force/consortium to notify an intention to take up or take over the role of participant in the EU Review Programme for the following active substance/product type combinations. This affects NI.

Anyone wishing to support one of the active substance/product type combinations listed below in the EU will need to submit a notification to ECHA by the following deadline:

Chlorine dioxide generated from Tetrachlorodecaoxide complex (TCDO) by acidification (CAS n/a EC n/a) in product types 02 and 04
20 October 2024

If a notification to take over the role of participant is not received, these active substance/product type combinations will be subject to EU non-approval decisions.

Biocidal products and treated articles containing active substances with EU non-approval decisions for the relevant product types will have to be removed from the NI market. HSE will provide separate updates on these where relevant.

If you are aware of any disproportionate negative impacts that are likely to arise from the non-approval of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed above, please contact us.

Active substances no longer supported in the EU

Non-approval decisions to be taken for unsupported active substances in the EU

Following an opportunity for any person, company or task force/consortium to support some of the active substance/product type combinations listed below in the EU Review Programme, no compliant notifications, or where relevant, dossiers were received. For others, the role of participant had previously been taken over and the Commission is to take non-approval decisions.

This affects NI:

Silver-polyethylenimine-chloride (CAS n/a EC n/a) in product types 01, 02 and 09
Garlic, ext. Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Allium sativum, Liliaceae (CAS 8008-99-9 EC 232-371-1) in product type 19
Biphenyl-2-ol (CAS 90-43-7 EC 201-993-5) in product type 07
Reaction products of: glutamic acid and N-(C12-C14- alkyl)propylenediamine (Glucoprotamin) (CAS 164907-72-6 EC 403-950-8) in product types 02 and 04
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-[2-(didecylmethylammonio)ethyl]- .omega.- hydroxy-, propanoate (salt) (Bardap 26) other than 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 94667-33-1 EC n/a) in product types 02, 04 and 10
Brandy (CAS n/a EC n/a) in product type 19
2,2-dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide (DBNPA) (CAS 10222-01-2 EC 233-539-7) in product type 02
Active chlorine generated from magnesium chloride hexahydrate and potassium chloride by electrolysis (CAS 7782-50-5 EC n/a) in product type 02

These active substance/product type combinations will now be subject to an EU non-approval decision.

Once a decision is taken, biocidal products and treated articles containing these active substances in the relevant product types will have to be removed from the NI market. HSE will provide separate updates on the decision and relevant phase-out periods.