ECHA OPENS UP OVER BIOCIDES BUT USERS ARE UNCONVINCED

DETAILED guidance notes for the European Union’s (EU) new biocidal products regulation (BPR), (EU) No 528/2012 that is applicable from September 1 emerged as a pressing industry concern at an open day in Finland, on June 25, staged by the Helsinki based European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Its aim was to bring biocide users, such as cleanroom managers, up to date with the incoming legislation. There were complaints from participants at the meeting that guidance so far lacked case-by-case studies on how to deal with this complex regulation. Typical among comments ...


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