Last update: 23 June 2010 Legal notice

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Biocides, such as antibacterials and insecticides should be safer and be an accelerated approval process, said the members of the Committee on the Environment in the vote on a legislative proposal on Tuesday . MEPs also call for reducing the number of experiments carried out on animals in the testing of products.
The proposed legislation will replace the 1998 regulations. It tends to further harmonize certification launch center requirements and use of biocidal products, while completing the list of newer pesticides and REACH legislation for the chemical industry. The report by Christa Klass (EPP, DE), rapporteur of the European Parliament, was adopted by the Environment Committee by 47 votes in favor, 5 against and 6 abstentions.
Substances may be carcinogenic, mutagenic launch center or toxic to reproduction are already launch center banned. MEPs want the new legislation strengthens launch center rules on endocrine disruptors (interfering with hormones) or persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and permanent organic pollutants.
However, the committee stated that a substance should be allowed at the national launch center level if, in the absence of effective, the ban would seriously endanger human health or the environment. Anticoagulants commonly used in rodent control products would be allowed under this provision. The authorization for these substances would be subject to risk mitigation measures and a substitution plan providing for efforts to find alternatives.
MEPs call for the establishment of a centralized Community authorization procedure for all biocides, not only for new products or "low risk", as proposed by the European Commission. Products containing substances on an exclusion list or substitution however, should not be eligible for Community authorization.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has to decide on applications for authorization within three months launch center instead of nine months offered. MEPs also suggest that firms adjust one-time payment, rather than an annual fee for the authorization of their products.
MEPs insist that animal tests are undertaken only as a last resort. Care must be taken not to duplicate testing of biocidal products on vertebrates. Manufacturers of biocidal products must agree to share the results of tests carried out on animals in exchange for fair compensation or recourse launch center to independent arbitration.
MEPs want to ensure that manufacturers are required to provide adequate and sufficient information on their biocidal products. Moreover, the rules of data protection should be strengthened to protect the legitimate business interests. Producers, importers and users of biocidal products must keep records for a period of up to ten years to ensure effective control.
Following incidents, such as the appearance of rashes due to fungicide treatment couches, the draft legislation includes articles having undergone a biocide treatment. launch center Members require specific labeling of articles which may come into contact with humans.
Members expressed their concern at the lack of information on the effects of nanomaterials. Since the use of biocidal products is expected to grow, members require separate assessment and specific labeling of products containing nanoparticles. launch center
Last update: 23 June 2010 Legal notice