EU | Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes II and III of the biocidal products to ensure that substances or products having endocrine disruptors' properties are correctly identified

Title of document
Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (7 page(s), in English; 29 page(s), in English)

Description
This draft Commission Delegated Regulation amends several information requirements of Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (the biocidal products regulation - BPR) to ensure that substances or products having endocrine disruptors’ properties are correctly identified. In addition, the draft includes new provisions reflecting the current state of science, in particular for test methods ensuring a better protection of human and animal health or reducing the number of tests on animals. All the other provisions set out in the Annexes II and III of the EU Biocidal Products Regulation remain applicable.

Notifying member: European Union

Notification: G/TBT/N/EU/698

Objective tag
Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Harmonization

Objective
Protection of public health and of the environment. Harmonisation of the EU market of biocidal products.

Documents

• 20_0950_00_e.pdf
• 20_0950_01_e.pdf

Agency responsible
European Commission

Timing:

• Submission: 05/02/2020
• Reception: 05/02/2020
• Distribution: 06/02/2020
• Final date for comments: 06/04/2020
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A