The Register for Biocidal Products (R4BP) User Guide explains the key features of the R4BP.
This Community forum is aimed at manufacturer or supplier of biocidal products or active substances, or someone who makes such products and substances available on the UK market. This Community provides an ongoing forum for HSE to give you the latest information about the European review programme for existing biocidal active substances. We will post details of forthcoming meetings of the biocides Competent Authorities and the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products, and in particular on:
Access the web community pages, where you will be able to join the Community, join a discussion forum, or simply dip in from time to time to find out what's happening currently.
There are a range of leaflets available to download, covering different aspects of biocide and non-agricultural pesticide safety and use.
This amendment was to clarify that, in any prosecution for breach of the duty under regulation 8(5), the onus lies on the prosecution to prove that the use of the product was not in accordance with the requirements of the duty.
This amendment included minor alterations to 2 definitions for the ‘first review regulation’ and ‘new active substance’. It also introduced the General Industry Charge (GIC, specifying who must pay the GIC, how and by when they must notify their liability and how the amount is calculated.
This amendment corrected an error in the BPR in relation to the GIC that had meant that those companies who should have been liable as they placed biocidal products onto the UK market could not legally be charged the GIC.
These amendments activated the requirements in BPR and BPR NI that relate to advertising - as laid down in regulation 33 of the BPR.
Previously, products were exempt from the advertising requirements until they were authorised under the BPR. However, since 6 April 2007 Companies must comply with the requirements for advertising for their biocidal products. This applies to all product types that fall under the remit of the BPD.
The advertising requirements do not apply to the packaging and labelling of biocidal products. There are specific requirements for packaging and labelling laid down in regulations 30 and 31 of BPR and these do not come into force until products are authorised under BPR.
The regulatory archive contains information on some specific regulatory work and decisions, namely West Nile Virus, Dichlorvos and Creosote.
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