Date: 2025-09-12Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1803 of 11 September 2025 cancelling the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product Nordkalk QL 90 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1803 cancels the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product Nordkalk QL 90, previously granted to Nordkalk Oy Ab under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672. This decision follows a request from Nordkalk Oy Ab to discontinue production for commercial reasons. The regulation sets deadlines for the withdrawal of the product from the market and the cessation of the use of existing stocks.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Cancellation of Authorisation:**
* The Union authorisation for Nordkalk QL 90, authorisation number EU0029368-0000, is cancelled.
* **Repeal of Implementing Regulation:**
* Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672 is repealed.
* **Deadlines for Market Withdrawal and Use:**
* Nordkalk QL 90 shall no longer be made available on the market after 31 March 2026.
* Existing stocks of Nordkalk QL 90 shall no longer be used after 27 September 2026.
* **Entry into Force:**
* This Regulation enters into force twenty days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Impact Analysis:
Nordkalk Oy Ab:
* *Impact:* Must cease production and sale of Nordkalk QL 90.
* *Action Required:* Ensure that Nordkalk QL 90 is no longer available on the market after 31 March 2026, and inform customers that existing stocks should not be used after 27 September 2026.
Member States:
* *Impact:* Must enforce the regulation within their jurisdiction.
* *Action Required:* Ensure compliance with the deadlines for market withdrawal and cessation of use of existing stocks.
Users/Customers of Nordkalk QL 90:
* *Impact:* Must find alternative products after existing stocks can no longer be used.
* *Action Required:* Cease using existing stocks of Nordkalk QL 90 by 27 September 2026.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1803: A European Union regulation cancelling the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product Nordkalk QL 90.
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672: A European Union regulation granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product Nordkalk QL 90.
Nordkalk QL 90: A single biocidal product for which Union authorization is being cancelled.
Nordkalk Oy Ab: The authorization holder for the biocidal product Nordkalk QL 90.
European Chemicals Agency: The agency to which Nordkalk Oy Ab submitted a request to cancel the Union authorisation.
Brussels: The city where the regulation was done.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1803 12.9.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1803
of 11 September 2025
cancelling the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Nordkalk QL 90’ in accordance
with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672
(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 49 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 June 2024, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672(2)granted a Union authorisation with the
authorisation number EU-0029368-0000 to the authorisation holder Nordkalk Oy Ab for the making available on
the market and use of the same single biocidal product ‘Nordkalk QL 90’ in accordance with Article 44(5), first
subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(2) On 15 May 2025, Nordkalk Oy Ab submitted a request to cancel that Union authorisation to the European
Chemicals Agency (‘the Agency’) in accordance with Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The request was
recorded under case number BC-MB105915-51 in the Register for Biocidal Products.
(3) On 28 May 2025, Nordkalk Oy Ab submitted a reasoning for the request for cancellation, providing that it had
decided to discontinue the production of ‘Nordkalk QL 90’ based on commercial considerations.
(4) On 3 June 2025, the Agency forwarded the reasoned request to the Commission.
(5) It is therefore appropriate to cancel the Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Nordkalk QL 90’ at the
reasoned request of the authorisation holder and consequently to repeal Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672.
(6) It is also appropriate to grant a period of grace for the making available on the market and the use of the existing
stocks in accordance with Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Nordkalk QL 90’ granted by Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2024/1672 to Nordkalk Oy Ab with the authorisation number EU-0029368-0000 is cancelled.
(1) OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/528/oj.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672 of 13 June 2024 granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal
product ‘Nordkalk QL 90’ in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L,
2024/1672, 14.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1672/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1803/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 12.9.2025
Article 2
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1672 is repealed.
Article 3
The biocidal product ‘Nordkalk QL 90’ shall no longer be made available on the market from 31 March 2026 and existing
stocks of such biocidal product shall no longer be used from 27 September 2026.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 September 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1803/oj