EU BIOCIDES REGULATION BEGINS TO MIXED RECEPTION
August 1st, 2013
NEW biocides to preserve oils and fats products, and oil and fat containing products with biocidal properties, have to be registered under the European Union’s (EU) biocidal products regulation (EU) No 528/2012) starting from September 1 this year.The regulation builds on and replaces the EU’s biocidal products directive (98/8/EC), except for a few transitional arrangements.The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the EU regulator based in Helsinki, Finland, maintains that the new regulation allows biocide users and producers to stay in business or create new ...
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