Biocides applications: information requirements, assessments and evaluation

Contents

• Data requirements by specialist area
• Technical agreements for biocides
• Biocides competent authorities meetings documents

Legislation

Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (UK legislation website)

Please note that due to advances in testing since GB BPR came into force in 2012, the data requirements have been updated and amended by The Biocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2024 Applications received after 6 October 2025 will be required to use the new data requirements.

Data requirements by specialist area

The guidance is divided into 5 volumes that:

• describe how to fulfil the information requirements set by the BPR
• describe how to perform the required assessments
• explain the guiding principles for the evaluation of the applications

Technical agreements for biocides

The EU technical agreements for biocides provide the general agreements which have not yet been included in any other Biocidal Products Regulation related guidance documents.

You can still use the agreements when making an application for the market in Great Britain(GB). Any GB updates you need to consider will be listed below:

GB updates

No GB updates

EU technical agreements

EU technical agreements (European Commission website).

Biocides competent authorities meetings documents

The EU Competent Authorities for Biocidal Products discuss implementation issues in their meetings and publishes all documents discussed. Some of the documents may be useful when making an application for the market in Great Britain(GB).

Any GB updates you need to consider will be listed below:

GB updates

Bridging the endocrine disruptor assessment of biocidal non-active substances with UK and EU REACH screening and assessment

EU meetings documents

EU competent authorities meetings documents (European Circabc website)

Resources

Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (UK legislation website)