Upcoming EU active substance renewal submission deadlines
Apply for active substance renewal by the relevant deadlines 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 deadlines are coming up for the following active substance/product type combinations under EU BPR. This affects NI:
29 June 2026
- 2-bromo-2-(bromomethyl)pentanedinitrile (DBDCB) (CAS 35691-65-7 EC 252-681-0) in product type 6
- amines, N-C10-16-alkyltrimethylenedi-, reaction products with chloroacetic acid (ampholyt 20) (CAS 139734-65-9 EC 701-317-3) in product types 2, 3 and 4
- Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain ISB06 (CAS N/A EC N/A) in product type 3
- biphenyl-2-ol (CAS 90-43-7 EC 201-993-5) in product type 3
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 any of these active substance/product type combinations are 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 combinations under EU BPR, the approvals will expire. This means the active substances will no longer be able to be used in biocidal products of the relevant product types in NI.
In addition articles treated with such products will no longer be able to be placed on the market in NI.
