EU ROUND UP – EUROPEAN COMMISSION BLOCKS BIOCIDES FROM EU-WIDE SALE

The European Commission has issued a wide range of rulings affecting the use of biocides by the European Union (EU) paint and coating sector, with two permissions for EU-wide use being blocked. One is Preventol A 12 TK 50, a film preservative for water-based and solvent-based paints and coatings. Here, the EU executive has concluded that the safe use of the product "cannot be ensured only by imposing conditions on the use of the biocidal products in the treated articles,” and so EU-wide market approval should not be granted. (1) Meanwhile, the Commission has ...


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