EU Commission approves eight substances as biocidal actives

Date:10-31-2013

On 25 October 2013, European Commission announced the approvals for 8 substances as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products.They are: bromoacetic acid, copper sulphate pentahydrate, aluminium phosphide, benzoic acid, etofenprox, 3-iodo-2-propynylbutylcarbamate, tebuconazole, nonanoic acid.Most of the approval dates are 1 July 2015,only nonanoic acid is 1 October 2015.The details are as follow:

Product	Product-type	Approval date	Expiry date
bromoacetic acid	4	1 July 2015	30 June 2025
copper sulphate pentahydrate	2	1 July 2015	30 June 2025
aluminium phosphide	20	1 July 2015	30 June 2025
benzoic acid	3&4	1 July 2015	30 June 2025
etofenprox	18	1 July 2015	30 June 2025
3-iodo-2-propynylbutylcarbamate	6	1 July 2015	30 June 2025
tebuconazole	7 & 10	1 July 2015	30 June 2025
nonanoic acid	2	1 October 2015	30 September 2025