Author: Annemarie_R4B

  • BPR Renewal

    BPR Renewal

    At least 550 days before the EU BPR approval end date, a dossier for renewal must be submitted to apply for continued use of the active substance in specific Product Types. In this blog we shed some light on the situation for 2026 and 2027.

  • Update from the BPC-54 meeting

    Update from the BPC-54 meeting

    If you were expecting a decision on renewal of seven anticoagulant rodenticide substances for product-type 14 (rodenticides), we have to disappoint you. That is now expected later this year. The BPC did adopt a number of opinions related to other product types.

  • Barkwith Associates won our Vienna contest

    Barkwith Associates won our Vienna contest

    and is the lucky winner of a free OAQ assessment.

  • Cost of BPR Compliance: The Active Substance dossier

    Cost of BPR Compliance: The Active Substance dossier

    The Biocidal Products Regulation is a two-tiered legislation and that makes it in principle more costly. In this R4B Academy article we focus on the Active Substance registration. In a next post we will dive into the Biocidal Product (family) costs.

  • Update from the BPC-53 meeting

    Update from the BPC-53 meeting

    The Biocidal Product Committee meeting of November 2024 adopted opinions on a number of active substances.

  • To be a biocide or not to be a biocide… Let’s talk biocide definitions

    To be a biocide or not to be a biocide… Let’s talk biocide definitions

    In this first article of the R4B Academy, we start with the basics: what is a Biocidal Product?