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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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  • GB BPR extension of data protection hard stop

    The verdict is out! Update: end of November, the SI 2025 No. 1221 – The Biocidal Products (Data Protection Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, has been published.

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  • Cost of BPR compliance part 2: the Biocidal Product (Family) dossier

    After registration (and approval) of a biocidal active substance, it is time for step 2 of the 2-tiered BPR: approval of the Biocidal Product or Product Family. This step has its own costs.

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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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  • 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.

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  • Barkwith Associates won our Vienna contest

    and is the lucky winner of a free OAQ assessment.

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  • 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.

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  • Update from the BPC-53 meeting

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

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  • Computer with google screen 'what is a biocide'

    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?

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  • Audience listening to a presentation

    Are you joining the Chemical Watch Biocides Europe conference in Vienna?

    So are we! And we would love to meet you there at our booth. We are excited to tell you more about our Overview of Alternative Query (OAQ) tool.

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  • Empty road with the text 'almost there'

    BIT – one step closer to approval for PT6 and PT13

    The Biocidal Products Committee of the European Union discussed in its September meeting (BPC meeting 52) Tier 2 efficacy data for BIT in PTs 6 and 13.

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