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Programme

  1. Registration

  2. Welcome and introduction

  3. Session 1: Overviews

  4. The EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) and the BPR

  5. EU Commission overview

    • Technical assistance to MSs 2022-2027 
    • Dissemination of finalised CA documents in CIRCABC 
    • Management of new data on an AS in an application for BP authorisation//Consequences for BPs of new information becoming available
    • Renewal creosote, approval L(+) acid
    • Article 19(4) and in situ biocidal products
    • Classification of in situ active substances
    • Post-authorisation conditions-physical, chemical and technical properties 
    • Approval in-can preservatives PT-6
    • Renewal of antifouling active substances (PT-21)
    • Mutual recognition procedures 

  6. General update from Echa with an emphasis on processes related to product authorisation

    • General update Echa activities on active substances and guidance development​
    • Progress of applications for Union Authorisation​
    • Improvement of applications for Union Authorisation​
    • Process development for Union Authorisation​

  7. Industry perspective of the BPR 

    • Purpose of the BPR 
    • Current situation for industry 
    • Root cause 
    • Suggestions for improvement 

  8. Q&A and panel discussion

  9. Refreshment break

  10. Session 2: Regulatory processes in the European biocides sector

  11. UK biocides regulation

    VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

    • The regulatory position in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
      • Impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol on products for the Northern Ireland market
      • GB BPR transitional arrangements that required action from applicants - there is still time to act on the Article 95 requirements 
    • The work the Health and Safety Executive in relation to active substances and products, including the GB active substance review programme 

  12. Strategy for bringing a new active substance to market in different regions under different regulations, including the BPR

    VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

    • Challenges Bio-Gene Technology faces
    • Strategy to tackle regulatory challenges
    • Opportunities for new technologies

  13. Q&A

  14. Lunch

  15. Session 2: The regulatory processes in the European biocides sector, continued

  16. Renewals for active substances and biocidal products

    • Outline of renewal procedures
    • Experiences gained so far at the CTGB

  17. Socio-economic analysis for rodenticides

  18. Simplified registration: BPR Article 25 in practice

    • What are the rules? 
    • How does it work? 
    • Does it contribute to sustainability? 

  19. The linguistic review process of Union Authorisation applications

    • Pitfall at the end of the approval procedure 
    • The overall process, including feedback from individual member states 
    • The quality of the translation impacts the duration of the adoption phase and publication
    • Recommendations 

  20. Q&A

  21. Refreshment break

  22. Session 3: Testing and modelling updates

  23. Formation experiments with disinfection by-products (DBPs) and implications for environmental risk assessment

    • Simulation of disinfection applications
    • Consideration of uses in aqueous matrix as well as on hard surfaces
    • Testing of influence of various parameters
    • Possible implications for the environmental risk assessment

  24. Measuring drift during the application of biocides

    • EPS control is a biocide application with a high drift potential
    • Measurement of drift when using cannon sprayer and helicopters
    • Calculation of basic drift values for risk assessment for the approval of biocidal products

  25. Carrier-based biocidal products and how to handle them

    • Classification
    • Carrier component
    • Physico-chemical properties
    • Exposure assessment
    • Efficacy

  26. Q&A

  27. End of day one / drinks reception