biocidal product

I believe that it is important that we establish at Community level a common system for the control of biocidal products.

Our opinion seeks to take account of the special features of the biocidal products market.

Because biocides are intended to kill living organisms, many biocidal products pose significant risk to human health and welfare.

Bans placing biocidal products (or a new substance for use in a product) on the market without authorisation.

After all biocidal products concern hundreds of products which, at varying degrees, present risks to living beings.

Somewhat in contrast to the plant protectives sector, this is spread across some 400 active substances and 7000 biocidal products.

Biocidal products include disinfectants for home and industrial use, preservatives or pest control products.

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Fourth, equal treatment of active substances and biocidal products produced in the Community with imported products must be guaranteed.

It could be a very significant directive, but it offers no incentive whatsoever to restrict the use of biocidal products.

Extending the transitional period is extremely important for guaranteeing that all biocidal products containing active substances will be placed on the market legally.

However, removing these mechanisms and introducing less efficient and expensive assessment procedures may restrict the sales of biocidal products.

As it stands at present, this new directive will apply to all the groups of biocidal products not covered by the plant protectives directive.

Mr President, the directive on biocidal products, which we are discussing at second reading today, is a convincing illustration of the need for European legislation.

The mutual recognition and freedom of movement of biocidal products should therefore be ensured, and nobody should call them into question.

Firstly, the proposed directive, which closely follows the plant protectives directive, does not do justice to the particular position of biocidal products.

Mr President, I welcome the fact that there is now European legislation on the admissibility of biocidal product for nonagricultural purposes.

These annexes would allow for a simplified procedure to be applied for low-risk biocidal products and for certain commodity substances.

The market is predominantly structured around SMEs, since the range of different applications for biocidal products makes it possible to cater for individual markets.

Lastly, we must avoid discrimination between European producers of goods treated with biocidal products and extra-Community goods containing such products.

However, you should be aware that we are awaiting the more thorough revision of Directive 98/8/EC on biocidal products to express our views regarding the content.

If you manufacture biocidal products, or supply a chemical to be used as an active substance, these must be approved before they can be sold or used.

Of the 450 active substances and 10 000 biocidal products already circulating on the internal market, only a handful will be authorized under the method proposed in the directive.

Thirdly, there should be provision for framework formulations for the authorization of active substances which would permit a simple registration procedure for less problematical biocidal products.

If you place a biocidal product on the market for the first time, you must provide certain information to the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS).