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 combinations under EU BPR. This affects NI:

27 August 2026

• citric acid (CAS 77-92-9 EC 201-069-1) in product type 2

Any person, company or task force/consortium can support an active substance/product type combinations 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 type in NI.

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

Upcoming EU active substance approval date

Apply for product authorisation by the deadline to keep your products on the NI market.

The following EU BPR active substance approval date is coming up:

1 February 2027

• 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (MIT) (CAS 2682-20-4 EC 220-239-6) in product type 6
• peracetic acid generated from 1,3-diacetyloxypropan-2-yl acetate and hydrogen peroxide (CAS 79-21-0 EC N/A) in product type 2

If you supply biocidal products containing these active substances in the relevant product types, apply for EU BPR product authorisation by the date above to keep them on the NI market.