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Change or cancel a biocidal product authorisation

2. How to apply for a change

The authorisation holder or company acting on their behalf must submit, in English, a completed application form to biocidesapplications@hse.gov.uk

Download application form (.docx) [5]

The authorisation holder must be established in the UK.

All biocidal product names must be unique. Check the list of UK authorised products[6] to determine if your proposed product name has already been used.

Letters of Access must relate to data held by HSE. Talk to your active substance supplier to ensure they have submitted the data to us.

Only submit the application form by email. You must submit all other relevant documentation or data using the HSE Secure File Sharing Service.

This includes:

Apart from the reference list of studies, include all other documents or attachments within your IUCLID dossier, where applicable.

Using the HSE Secure File Sharing Service

Once we have received and processed your application form, we will email you a link to upload the files for your application. Do not use the link to upload files related to other applications.

We send out links Monday to Friday. They are valid for 5 working days. If the link expires before you can upload your files, email: biocidesapplications@hse.gov.uk to request another.

Ensure that you: 

  • comply with the terms and conditions (in the email) of using the HSE Secure File Sharing Service 
  • check the spam settings on your email account so that our emails do not go to your junk folder

Link URLs in this page

  1. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/index.htm
  2. How HSE will deal with your change applicationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/change-3.htm
  3. Changes and cancellations imposed by HSEhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/change-4.htm
  4. Types of changes and evaluation timeframeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/change-5.htm
  5. Download application formhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/assets/docs/form-product.docx
  6. the list of UK authorised productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/uk-authorised-biocidal-products.htm
  7. single biocidal product SPChttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/assets/docs/template-single-biocidal-product-spc.docx
  8. biocidal product family SPChttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/assets/docs/template-biocidal-product-family-spc.docx
  9. biocidal product family meta SPChttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/assets/docs/template-biocidal-product-family-meta-spc.docx
  10. reference list of studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/assets/docs/template-reference-list-of-studies.xlsx
  11. Previous page Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/index.htm
  12. Next page How HSE will deal with your change applicationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/change-3.htm
  13. View a printable version of the whole guidehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/print.htm
  14. How to get a biocidal product on the UK markethttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/market.htm
  15. GB list of authorised biocidal productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/uk-authorised-biocidal-products.htm

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Updated 2024-06-12