Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products with regard to certain conditions for access to the market

The proposal relates to the recently adopted Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 ('the Biocidal Products Regulation'), which has not yet become applicable. An analysis of the Biocidal Products Regulation has shown that certain provisions will lead to unforeseen consequences.

The main problem identified is that the transitional rules of the Biocidal Products Regulation will introduce an un-intended market freeze of up to eleven years for articles treated with biocidal substances which are legal on the EU market, but which have not yet been evaluated at EU level. Other un-intended market barriers for certain companies have also been identified. Finally, the Biocidal Products Regulation fails to define a protection period for data relating to those products with the most favourable risk profile.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)288: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:288:FIN

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