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Agenda
Welcome and introduction by the moderator
David Dillon
Session 1: Overviews
Updates from the European Commission on BPR
- Extension of review programme
- Anticoagulant rodenticides
- Early review of iodine and PVP-iodine
- Other updates on active substances
Konstantinos Tsiamis, European Commission, DG SANTE
ECHA overview
- Active substance approval and union authorisation: progress and process developments
- Technical/scientific requests from the European Commission and lessons learnt
- General update on guidance development
- IT tools development
Claudio Carlon, European Chemicals Agency, Finland
Ten years of the BPR from a member state perspective
- Organisation of evaluation work in Austria
- Experiences in active substance evaluation
- Challenges in the authorisation process
Peter Schindler, Environment Agency Austria
Ten years of the BPR – trends in the biocides market
Boris Van Berlo, Biocides for Europe, Cefic
Q&A
Refreshment break
Session 2: Regulatory developments in the European biocides sector
Ctgb experiences with harmonising mutual recognition procedures under the BPR
- National applications and mutual recognition
- Lack of harmonisation in PTs and search for harmonisation in referral procedures
- Ctgb experiences with BPR referrals in the past 10 years
Cindy Van Der Meer, Ctgb, Netherlands
Lessons from the covid crisis
Elodie Cazelle, European association representing the cleaning and hygiene products industry, A.I.S.E.
Q&A
Lunch
Enhesa Product service presentation and platform demo
Elaine Wheeler, Enhesa
Borderline products with a focus on treated articles
- What is a borderline product?
- Is it a biocide or treated article?
- Current status: What is available
- Gaps and challenges: What is missing?
Magdalena Kawa, Kimberly Clark Europe Ltd
Beyond BPR processes: challenges and experience sharing from the downstream industry – wood preservatives in PT8
- The invisible challenge: downstream industry constraints
- Bridging the timelines: from BPR processes to industry implementation
- Case study and learnings: propiconazole
- Conclusion
Nicolas Dupin, EuroWindoor
What are the hidden challenges, especially regarding data protection, from the extension of the review programme?
- Data protection: the big outstanding question
- New data requests
- Unbalanced market conditions
Gerard McElwee, Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Q&A
Refreshment break
Session 3: Sustainability and the BPR
Moderator
Vanessa Zainzinger, Chemical Watch News & Insight, Enhesa Product Intelligence
Updates on the high-level round table discussions and the likely impacts of the Reach/CLP reviews on the biocides sector
- Recent developments in the REACH/CLP review
- Links between Reach and biocides regulation
- New hazard classes
- Possible implications for active substance approval and product authorisation
Paul Krajnik, Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria
Implementation of one substance – one assessment (OSOA) and potential impacts for biocides
- One substance one assessment (1S1A) approach
- ECHA ongoing activities to implement 1S1A
- What does it mean for biocides?
- Illustrative cases
Claudio Carlon, European Chemicals Agency, Finland
Experiences with simplified authorisation
- Introduction: Process and requirements
- Eligibility criteria: Importance of composition analysis and evaluation of the hazardous profile of the components
- Post authorisation processes: From notifications to the renewal of the authorisation
José Antonio Fernández López, Staphyt Regulatory
Technical and regulatory considerations when integrating sustainability trends for biocides
- QUATs and disinfectant wipes
- Efficacy & labelling
- Potential impacts post-authorisation
Heather Moore, knoell
Q&A
Networking drinks reception
Join us for relaxed networking, drinks and appetisers with our speakers and attendees.