New expiry date 18 December 2023
Following evaluation under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR), a decision has been taken to renew the active substance listed below with the following new expiry date. This affects Northern Ireland (NI):
- 1-[[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]methyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole (Propiconazole) (CAS 60207-90-1 EC 262-104-4) in product type 08 – 30 November 2030
Take action to remain on the EU Article 95 List
If you are an EU Article 95 supplier of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed above, you must submit all the data, or a letter of access to all the data, relevant for the renewal by 12 December 2024 to remain on the list.
Check the impact on your products
If you supply biocidal products containing this active substance in the relevant product type in NI, you should check the renewal conditions to see how you may be impacted. There may be new conditions that you need to take account of when applying for product authorisation or renewal under EU BPR, or product approval under the Control of Pesticides Regulations (COPR). You may even need to make a change to your existing authorisation or approval to comply with the renewal conditions.
Some conditions may mean we need to contact you about cancelling or revoking your product authorisation or approval. In such cases, you will have an opportunity to submit comments or additional information and we will take account of these when finalising our decision.
31 October 2023 - Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme impact on biocidal products and treated articles
The Windsor Framework establishes a new way to move pre-packed retail goods from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) into Northern Ireland. It is called the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
GB public health and consumer protection standards apply for all products moving to Northern Ireland through the scheme. This includes requirements for food contact materials.
Biocidal products and treated articles may come into scope of the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme if they meet definition of a ‘food contact material’.
For more information please see the following link:
26/07/23 Update - 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 combination. 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:
- Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-[2-(dide cylmethylammonio)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
4 October 2023 - Submit a notification to EHCA (ECHA website)
If a notification to take over the role of participant is not received, these active substance/product type combinations will be subject to an EU non-approval decision. Biocidal products containing active substances with EU non-approval decisions for the relevant product types will have to be removed from the NI market. HSE (GB) 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 get in touch with HSE GB at:
Want to keep using p-[(diiodomethyl)sulphonyl]toluene as a preservative?
Companies have withdrawn their interest in getting
p-[(diiodomethyl)sulphonyl]toluene (EC 243-468-3, CAS 20018-09-1) approved as a preservative for products during storage (product-type 6), film (product-type 7), fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials (product-type 9) and construction materials (product-type 10) under the biocides Review Programme.
Notify ECHA by 2 February 2024 to keep this substance in the Review Programme.
For further information please see the ECHA website at the following links:
Which Member States allow creosote-treated wood to be placed on the market?
ECHA have published a list of Member States where creosote-treated railway sleepers and utility poles may still be on the market for the first time. The information in the list comes directly from the Member States.
From 30 April 2023 onwards, placing these railway sleepers and utility poles on the market is only allowed in Member States that have informed The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) about their permission and are listed on ECHA website.
For more information please see the following links:
Upcoming EU active substance open invitation deadlines
Submit a notification by the deadline to keep active substances in the EU Review Programme
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published open invitations 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 Northern Ireland. 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 deadlines:
- Biphenyl-2-ol (CAS 201-993-5 EC 90-43-7) in product type 7
30 June 2023 - Hydrogen peroxide (CAS 7722-84-1 EC 231-765-0) in product types 11 and 12
25 November 2023
If a notification to take over the role of participant is not received, these active substance/product type combinations will be subject to an EU non-approval decision.
Biocidal products 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 effects that are likely to arise from the non-approval of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed above, please contact HSENI.
- ECHA’s open invitations for notifications (ECHA website)(external link opens in a new window / tab)
- Active substances (ECHA website)(external link opens in a new window / tab)
Upcoming EU active substance open invitation deadlines
Submit a notification by the deadline to keep active substances in the EU Review Programme.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published open invitations 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 Northern Ireland (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 deadlines:
- ‘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 2, 4 and 10 – 4 October 2023
If a notification to take over the role of participant is not received, these active substance/product type combinations will be subject to an EU non-approval decision. Biocidal products containing active substances with EU non-approval decisions for the relevant product types will have to be removed from the NI market. HSE (GB) will provide separate updates on these where relevant.
If you are aware of any disproportionate negative effects that are likely to arise from the non-approval of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed above, please contact HSE GB.
For more information please see the following links:
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 taskforce/consortium to support the active substance/product type combinations listed below in the EU Review Programme, no compliant notifications were received. This affects Northern Ireland (NI):
- Reaction mass of titanium dioxide and silver chloride (CAS n/a EC n/a) in product types 10 and 11
- 7a-ethyldihydro-1H,3H,5H-oxazolo[3,4-c]oxazole (EDHO) (CAS 7747-35-5 EC 231-810-4) in product types 6 and 13
- cis-1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1- azoniaadamantane chloride (cis CTAC) (CAS 51229-78-8 EC 426-020-3) in product types 6 and 13
- Methenamine 3-chloroallylochloride (CTAC) (CAS 4080-31-3 EC 223-805-0) in product types 6, 12 and 13
These active substance/product type combinations will now be subject to an EU non-approval decision.
Once a decision is taken, biocidal products 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.
If you are aware of any disproportionate negative effects that are likely to arise from the non-approval of any of the active substance/product type combinations listed above, please contact HSE (GB).