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 |
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(benzyloxy)methanol |
14548-60-8 |
238-588-8 |
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2,2-dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide (DBNPA) |
10222-01-2 |
233-539-7 |
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2-hydroxy-α,α,4-trimethylcyclohexanemethanol |
42822-86-6 |
255-953-7 |
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Amines, C10-16-alkyldimethyl, N-oxides |
70592-80-2 |
274-687-2 |
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Bronopol |
52-51-7 |
200-143-0 |
09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives |
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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 |
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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 |
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Carbon dioxide |
124-38-9 |
204-696-9 |
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Dialuminium chloride pentahydroxide |
12042-91-0 |
234-933-1 |
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Eucalyptus citriodora oil and citronellal, hydrated, cyclized |
n/a |
n/a |
19: Repellents and attractants |
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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 |
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Metam-sodium |
137-42-8 |
205-293-0 |
09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives 11: Preservatives for liquid-cooling and processing systems |
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Peroxyoctanoic acid |
33734-57-5 |
n/a |
03: Veterinary hygiene 04: Food and feed area |
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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 |
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Reaction mass of titanium dioxide and silver chloride |
n/a |
n/a |
01: Human hygiene
06: Preservatives for products during storage 07: Film preservatives 08: Wood preservatives 09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives |
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Reaction products of aluminium trihydroxide and hydrochloric acid and aluminium and water |
n/a |
n/a |
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Silver, as a nanomaterial |
7440-22-4 |
231-131-3 |
04: Food and feed area 09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives |
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Sodium N-(hydroxymethyl)glycinate |
70161-44-3 |
274-357-8 |
06: Preservatives for products during storage |
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Thiram |
137-26-8 |
205-286-2 |
09: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives
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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.