Information and practical guide on the BPR

This guidance provides a short overview of the principal procedures in the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR):

• Approval of active substance
  
• Renewal of an approval of active substance
• Review of an approval of active substance
  
• Article 95: List of active substances and suppliers
  
• Technical equivalence
  
• National authorisation
  
• Mutual recognition
  
• Renewal of national authorisation and authorisations subject to mutual recognition
  
• Union authorisation
  
• Simplified authorisation
  
• Changes of biocidal products
  
• Data sharing
  
• Research and development
  
• Appeals

You can also find updated information on the website of DG Health and Food Safety of the European Commission.