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Biocides

This site will help you identify biocides and work out whether your products are affected by the laws that govern them.

It also explains the process of applying for EU BPR authorisation / COPR approval.

More about biocide regulation

Article 95 requirement

From 1 September 2015, a biocidal product consisting of, containing, or generating a relevant substance, cannot be made available on the UK market if the substance supplier or product supplier is not included in the Article 95 list for the product type(s) to which the product belongs.

Further information

Updated 2015-06-26