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How to search

You can view the information on biocidal active substances in two ways:

- per specific active substance and product-type combination (use the Search tab); and

- as a summary of all product-type applications that have been submitted for a given active substance (Summary tab).

Using the Search tab, you can search with:

- Active substance details: substance identifiers, product-type, candidate for substitution.
(The default status for the field Candidate for substitution is “under assessment” and this status does not necessarily imply that the active substance is suspected Candidate for substitution. Provided the active substance is identified or not as a potential candidate for substitution, the status on the dissemination page changes accordingly to “yes” or “no”.)

- Approval data: for example the status of an application for approval, the assessment step in the approval process, validity of the approval granted.

- Related authorised biocidal products (trade name of a biocidal product).

How the information is presented

The results table presents information on an active substance, such as approval start and end date, evaluating competent authority and approval or assessment status. The substance name is a link to the substance information page (Infocard) which summarises information on a substance from all regulatory contexts managed by ECHA.

The data on active substances is collected from the Register for Biocidal Products (R4BP 3). It covers information on active substances for which an application for approval for a specific biocidal product-type has been submitted under the BPR or Biocidal Products Directive (Directive 98/8/EC). Please note that the validation step in R4BP 3 must be successfully passed for active substances to be disseminated or for the most recent status in the application process to be displayed.

More information on a specific active substance approval can be found in the factsheet (accessible through the eye icon in the results table). The factsheet holds details on the latest approval data, including relevant documents, related authorised biocidal products, and an overview of all the changes on the active substance approval.

In the results table, the number of related authorised biocidal products is also visible. The number represents the count of product clusters (groups of authorisations) containing the given active substance.

The Summary tab lists all product-type applications that have been submitted for a given active substance, regardless approval has been granted or refused. The approval status of an active substance and product-type combination is described with an icon. Hovering your mouse over the icon, you can see the status of an application for approval, the assessment step if the approval process is ongoing, and you can access the active substance factsheet.

Export results

You can export the active substance results to the ECHA website standard formats (XLS, CSV and XML).