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Finger on the pulse of the BPR
As many of the European biocides community will meet each other at the Enhesa/Chemical Watch Biocides Symposium 2026 in Düsseldorf in Germany, we at Rules4Biocides thought it would be prudent to take stock on where we are with the EU BPR. And check the (steady?) beat of BPR approvals.
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EU BPR Data Protection ‘hard stop’ by the end of 2025?
By the end of 2025, the data protection for existing active substances under the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), is scheduled to expire. We give an analysis of its threats and opportunities.
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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.
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