Extension of the review programme for existing active substances until 31 December 2030
At the 102nd meeting of the Competent Authorities on 7 December 2023, a wide range of topics were discussed relating to the compliance of biocidal products, starting with information on the BEF-2 programme and discussions on the applicability of the guidelines.
One of the issues specifically raised was the extension of the maximum deadline for finalising the review programme for biocidal active substances to 31 December 2030. This date was approved at the 100th meeting of the competent authorities, and a public consultation on the draft delegated regulation took place in December 2023. In addition to reiterating the importance of allocating the necessary resources to meet this future deadline, a number of additional points were discussed at the December meeting, including:
- Backlog active substance reports: Concerned Member States must conclude on their backlog reports (i.e. those submitted to ECHA before 1 September 2013) so that all the corresponding BPC opinions can be available by 31 December 2025 at the latest.
- No new technical guidance document or updated version of existing technical guidance document that would be agreed after 1 January 2024 is applied for dossiers in the review programme.
- Suspension of the progress of dossiers pending a RAC opinion on the harmonised CLH of the substance when the harmonised classification concerns an exclusion criteria : the usual practice to await the outcome of the RAC opinion on this matter is stopped.
- Endocrine Disruptor assessment : Member States that have not yet requested the missing ED data to complete the assessment will have to send their request for the missing data to the applicant by 30 June 2024 at the latest. Member States can give until 31 December 2026 (30 months after the 30 June 2024 deadline) at the latest to applicants to submit the missing ED data.
All these points still need to be confirmed and validated at short term.
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