Upcoming EU active substance renewal submission deadline

Apply for active substance renewal by the relevant deadline to keep products on the NI market.

Under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR), active substance approvals will expire unless a renewal application is submitted to ECHA at least 550 days before their expiry date.

The 550-day deadline is coming up for the following active substance/product type combination under EU BPR. This affects NI:

31 July 2027

• penflufen (CAS 494793-67-8 EC 619-823-7) in product type 8
  
  

Any person, company or task force/consortium can support an active substance/product type combination for renewal – it doesn’t have to be the original supporter.

Check the EU Article 95 List to see who the original supporters were.

If this active substance/product type combination is important to you, consider contacting your supplier to let them know.

If a renewal application is not submitted for the above active substance/product type combination under EU BPR, the approval will expire. This means the active substance will no longer be able to be used in biocidal products of the relevant product type in NI.

In addition articles treated with such products will no longer be able to be placed on the market in NI.

New to the job: health and safety

Workers have the same chance of an accident in the first 6 months at a workplace as during the rest of their working lives.

Anyone new to the workplace will be facing unfamiliar risks from the job they will be doing and from their surroundings.

We have guidance to protect those new to a job, which includes an in-depth guide to these 6 steps to protect new workers.