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Change or cancel a biocidal product authorisation

5. Types of changes and evaluation timeframes

Changes to a biocidal product or biocidal product family authorisation fall into 3 categories:

  • administrative – changes that do not result in changes to the risk assessment, efficacy or the physical or chemical properties of the product
  • minor – changes that result in limited changes to the risk assessment, efficacy or the physical or chemical properties of the product
  • major – changes that cannot be categorised as administrative or minor changes

These are examples of the different categories of change and the approximate timeframes for evaluation:

Change to the authorisation Category Approximate timeframe
Change to biocidal product or biocidal product family name.

The new name cannot be identical to a name used for another biocidal product or biocidal product family.
Administrative 30 days
Transfer of the authorisation to another company established in the UK. Administrative 30 days
Change in the name or address of the authorisation holder. Administrative 30 days
Meeting a post authorisation requirement for storage stability. Minor 90 days
Change in active substance level in formulation. Major 180 days

These timeframes are subject to change if the application is suspended for any reason. For example, requesting additional information or data.

Link URLs in this page

  1. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/index.htm
  2. How to apply for a change https://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/change-2.htm
  3. How HSE will deal with your change applicationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/change-3.htm
  4. Changes and cancellations imposed by HSEhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/change-4.htm
  5. Previous page Changes and cancellations imposed by HSEhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/change-4.htm
  6. View a printable version of the whole guidehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/change/print.htm
  7. How to get a biocidal product on the UK markethttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/market.htm
  8. GB list of authorised biocidal productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/uk-authorised-biocidal-products.htm

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Updated 2024-06-12