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Biocidal active substances to be phased out in Great Britain

2023-08-21 Reference source : HSE

Active ingredient Biocides


On 18 August 2023 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) the United Kingdom (UK) issued an ebulletin listing 15 active substance that must be phased out from biocidal products on the market in Great Britain (i.e. England, Scotland, and Wales). The decision comes after the active substances have been evaluated under the Great Britain Biocidal Products Regulation (GB BPR).

Biocidal products containing the active substances listed in the table below will no longer be approved in the product types listed in the table. Such biocidal products can no longer be supplied in GB after 15 August 2024 and will be prohibited to use in GB after 15 February 2025. Companies must ensure to remove affected products from the GB supply chain by 15 August 2024. New treated articles containing active substances listed in the table cannot enter the supply chain or be imported into GB after 11 February 2024.

 

Active Substance

CAS no

EC no

Product type

(benzyloxy)methanol

14548-60-8

238-588-8

13: Working or cutting fluid preservatives

 

 

2,2-dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide (DBNPA)

10222-01-2

233-539-7

13: Working or cutting fluid preservatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2-hydroxy-α,α,4-trimethylcyclohexanemethanol

42822-86-6

255-953-7

19: Repellents and attractants

 

 

Amines, C10-16-alkyldimethyl, N-oxides

70592-80-2

274-687-2

04: Food and feed area

 

 

Bronopol

52-51-7

200-143-0

09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives

Capsicum annuum, ext. (Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Capsicum annuum, Solanaceae)

84625-29-6

283-403-6

19: Repellents and attractants

 

 

Capsicum oleoresin (Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. It is a product which may contain resin acids and their esters, terpenes, and oxidation or polymerisation products of these terpenes.) (Capsicum frutescens, Solanaceae)

8023-77-6

n/a

19: Repellents and attractants

 

 

Carbon dioxide

124-38-9

204-696-9

19: Repellents and attractants

 

 

Dialuminium chloride pentahydroxide

12042-91-0

234-933-1

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

 

 

Eucalyptus citriodora oil and citronellal, hydrated, cyclized

n/a

n/a

19: Repellents and attractants

Malt, ext. (Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Hordeum, Gramineae)

8002-48-0

232-310-9

19: Repellents and attractants

Metam-sodium

137-42-8

205-293-0

09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives

11: Preservatives for liquid-cooling and processing systems

Peroxyoctanoic acid

33734-57-5

n/a

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

 

03: Veterinary hygiene

04: Food and feed area

Reaction mass of (6E)-N-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)-8-methylnon-6-enamide and N-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)-8-methylnonanamide

n/a

n/a

19: Repellents and attractants

Reaction mass of titanium dioxide and silver chloride

n/a

n/a

01: Human hygiene

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

 

06: Preservatives for products during storage

07: Film preservatives

08: Wood preservatives

09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives

Reaction products of aluminium trihydroxide and hydrochloric acid and aluminium and water

n/a

n/a

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

 

 

Silver, as a nanomaterial

7440-22-4

231-131-3

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

 

04: Food and feed area

09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives

Sodium N-(hydroxymethyl)glycinate

70161-44-3

274-357-8

06: Preservatives for products during storage

Thiram

137-26-8

205-286-2

09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives

 

 

After Brexit an independent biocides regulatory regime, GB BPR, is now in operation in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). The existing EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR) was copied into GB law and amended to enable it to operate effectively in GB. This means that most aspects of EU BPR continue in the same way under GB BPR that came into force at 11pm on 31 December 2020.



We acknowledge that the above information has been compiled from HSE.

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