EU Biocidal Products Directive – Manual of Decisions repealed
Following the replacement of the old Biocidal Products Directive with the EU Biocides Regulation (link) the European Commission and Member States have repealed the Manual of Decisions. The Manual of Decisions provided details of decisions on whether products were within the scope of EU biocides legislation.
Companies who, on the basis of the manual, considered their product to be excluded from the scope of the biocides legislation are now advised to contact their national helpdesk to check whether the status has changed. If the product could now fall under the new Biocidal Products Regulation, companies can submit a declaration of interest to notify to ECHA until 3 October 2016.
Source: European Chemicals Agency