From PMC (Biocide under transitional Legislation) to Biocides

The difficult transition from PMC to Biocidal Products is essentially due to the need to develop European

legislation capable of adequately regulating all those products falling within the classi

fication of Biocidal

products and that until now have been subjected to different regulations according to the country of in-

terest. Once fully implemented the revision program, the application of Regulation 528/2012, and subse-

quent modifications, will allow to have greater control of the active ingredients used for the preparation of

Biocidal products and at the same time to facilitate their marketing on the European market.

This updating of legislation is leading to a transitional period, in which national legislation overlaps Euro-

pean regulations.

Where active ingredients are not included in the list of approved substances, the placing on the market of

a product shall be governed by national laws. In the event that the active ingredients are included in the

approved list, the product must be authorized as a biocidal product. If even only one of the active ingre-

dients within a given preparation is not included in that list, the product may not be authorised as a biocidal

product.

Classification Biocides Reg. UE 528/2012

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GROUP 1: DISINFECTANTS

Human hygiene

Disinfectants and algaecides not intended for direct application to humans or animals

Veterinary hygiene

Food and feed area

Drinking water

GROUP 2 PRESERVATIVES

PT 11 Preservatives for liquids in cooling and industrial treatment systems

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main families

classification of

Facot products

PT 1

PT 2

PT 3

PT 4

PT 5

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