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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1807 15.9.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION(EU) 2025/1807
of 12 September 2025
postponing the expiry date of the approval of copper thiocyanate for use in biocidal products of
product-type 21 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of
the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning
the making available on the market and use of biocidal products(1), and in particular Article 14(5) thereof,
After consulting the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
Whereas:
(1) Copper thiocyanate was approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 21 by
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1090(2) subject to the conditions set out in the Annex to that
Regulation.
(2) The approval of copper thiocyanate for use in biocidal products of product-type 21 (‘the approval’) is to expire on
31 December 2025. On 28 June 2024, an application was submitted in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation
(EU) No 528/2012 for the renewal of the approval (‘the application’).
(3) On 2 August 2024, the evaluating competent authority of France informed the Commission that it had decided,
pursuant to Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, that a full evaluation of the application was necessary.
Pursuant to Article 8(1) of that Regulation, the evaluating competent authority is to perform a full evaluation of the
application within 365 days of its validation.
(4) The evaluating competent authority may, as appropriate, require the applicant to provide sufficient data to carry out
the evaluation, in accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. In that event, the 365-day period is
suspended for a period that may not exceed 180 days in total unless a longer suspension is justified by the nature of
the data requested or by exceptional circumstances.
(5) Within 270 days of receipt of a recommendation from the evaluating competent authority, the European Chemicals
Agency is to prepare and submit to the Commission an opinion on renewal of the approval of the active substance
in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(6) Consequently, for reasons beyond the control of the applicant, the approval is likely to expire before a decision has
been taken on its renewal. It is therefore appropriate to postpone the expiry date of the approval for a period of time
sufficient to enable the examination of the application. Taking into account the time-limits for evaluation by the
evaluating competent authority, for preparation and submission by the European Chemicals Agency of its opinion
and the time needed for the Commission to decide whether to renew the approval, the expiry date should be
postponed to 30 June 2028.
(7) After the postponement of the expiry date of the approval, copper thiocyanate remains approved for use in biocidal
products of product-type 21 subject to the conditions set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2016/1090,
(1) OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/528/oj.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1090 of 5 July 2016 approving copper thiocyanate as an existing active substance
for use in biocidal products of product-type 21 (OJ L 180, 6.7.2016, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2016/1090/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1807/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 15.9.2025
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The expiry date of the approval of copper thiocyanate for use in biocidal products of product-type 21 set out in the Annex
to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1090, is postponed to 30 June 2028.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
Done at Brussels, 12 September 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1807/oj