Biocides

National authorisation (mother product, identical product, renewal, prolongation, change of composition, extension of use, change of product or company name, transfer, ...)
!!! THIS IS THE NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL PROCEDURE ACCORDING TO THE BELGIAN RD ON BIOCIDAL PRODUCTS !!! Look at the European procedure when the active sub...
Mon, 16 Mar, 2020 at 11:54 AM
Parallel trade
The term ‘parallel trade’ means to make products available on the market that are identical to products that are already authorised elsewhere in the Europ...
Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Certificate of free sale
The Certificate of Free Sale is a document that facilitates the export of biocidal products to countries outside the European Union/European Economic Area....
Mon, 27 Oct, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Certified copy or translation of an act
To obtain a certified copy or a translation of a document into another national language, you have to pay a fee. You pay this fee on the basis of the invoi...
Mon, 27 Oct, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Authorisation for tests or experiments
In order to develop or research new biocidal products, it may be necessary to conduct tests or experiments. If you want to obtain an authorisation for...
Mon, 27 Oct, 2025 at 10:25 AM
European authorisation (application, renewal, identical product, simplified authorisation, product family, administrative change ...)
First of all, you need to know that only when active substances are approved at EU level, we are talking about 'European authorisation'. ...
Sun, 26 Jun, 2022 at 10:16 PM
Procedures regarding the approval of an active substance (new / existing)
A biocide can only appear on the market when the active substance in it dispose of an approval. Application procedure for new active sub...
Thu, 17 Nov, 2016 at 9:24 AM
Application for the chemical similarity of active substances
Companies can ask ECHA to carry out a chemical similarity check on their active substance in cases where no final decision on the approval ...
Sun, 25 Sep, 2016 at 1:42 PM
Application for technical equivalence of active substances
The technical equivalence of an active substance needs to be assessed in the context of biocidal product authorisation when there has been a change ...
Sun, 25 Sep, 2016 at 1:43 PM
Inclusion / correction in the list of approved suppliers of active substances (Article 95)
From 1 September 2015, any supplier of an active substance has to be included in a list of approved suppliers of activ...
Sun, 25 Sep, 2016 at 1:18 PM