The European Commission banned new active substances in biocidal product use earlier this week.
The European Commission’s Implementing Decision of 2 August 2021 lists certain active substances not approved for use in biocidal products. The decision will be ratified later this month after it is published in the ‘Official Journal of the European Union.’
A key process in the Biocidal Products Regulation is for substances on Article 95 to be reviewed. In the interim those active substances are referred to as being in transition The Commission has been reviewing existing active substances in biocidal products since 30 March 2019, and the released list reflects their latest findings. Manufacturers using these substances are expected to withdraw their support “in a timely manner” however a specific timeline has not yet been established.
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Below you can find a list of the substances that have recently been not approved by the European Commission.
Active substance/product-type combinations not approved:
| Substance Name | Rapporteur Member State | EC number | CAS number | Product type |
| Bronopol | ES | 200-143-0 | 52-51-7 | 9 (Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives) |
| Thiram | BE | 205-286-2 | 137-26-8 | 9 (Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives) |
| Metam-sodium | BE | 205-293-0 | 137-42-8 | 9 (Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives), 11 (Preservatives for liquid-cooling and processing systems) |
| Silver, as a nanomaterial | SE | 231-131-3 | 7440-22-4 | 2 (Disinfectants and algaecides not intended for direct application to humans or animals), 4 (Food and feed area), 9 ( Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives) |
| 2,2-Dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide (DBNPA) | DK | 233-539-7 | 10222-01-2 | 13 (Working or cutting fluid preservatives) |
| Eucalyptus citriodora oil and citronellal, hydrated, cyclized | CZ | n/a | n/a | 19 (Repellents and attractants) |
| 2-Hydroxy-α,α,4-trimethylcyclohexanemethanol | CZ | 255-953-7 | 42822-86-6 | 19 (Repellents and attractants) |
| Peroxyoctanoic acid | FR | n/a | 33734-57-5 | 2 (Disinfectants and algaecides not intended for direct application to humans or animals), 3 (Veterinary hygiene), 4 (Food and feed area) |
| Chlorine dioxide generated from sodium chlorite and sodium persulfate | DE | n/a | n/a | 2 (Disinfectants and algaecides not intended for direct application to humans or animals), 3 (Veterinary hygiene), 4 (Food and feed area), 5 Drinking water), 11 ((Preservatives for liquid-cooling and processing systems)) |
| 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 | AT | 232-310-9 | 8002-48-0 | 19 (Repellents and attractants) |
| Amines, C10-16-alkyldimethyl, N-oxides | PT | 274-687-2 | 70592-80-2 | 4 (Food and feed area) |
| Capsicum oleoresin Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. It is a product which may contain resin acids and their esters, terpenes, and oxidation or polymerization products of these terpenes. (Capsicum frutescens, Solanaceae) | BE | Not available | 8023-77-6 | 19 (Repellents and attractants) |
| 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. | BE | 283-403-6 | 84625-29-6 | 19 (Repellents and attractants) |
| 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 | BE | Not available | Not available | 19 (Repellents and attractants) |