5th Biocides Industry Stakeholder Symposium

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) hosted the 5^th Biocides Industry Stakeholder Symposium on Thursday 29^th May, 2025 in Shared Facilities Building, Backweston Laboratory Complex, Celbridge, Co Kildare.

This year’s Symposium was targeted at all companies linked to the registration and sale of biocidal products. It provided information on how to improve your transitional applications, the next steps after notification to keep your product on the market and how to apply for authorisations. 

Please see attached presentations from our 2025 symposium. Any questions on the material, contact us on biocides@agriculture.gov.ie

• Agenda - 5th PCD Industry Symposium on Biocidal Products (pdf 42Kb) 
• National Notification under Article 89 (pdf 523Kb) 
• Product Authorisations - moving from Article 89 to Authorisatioins (pdf 1,423Kb) 
• The Netherlands Competent Authority Experience with the Authorisation Process (pdf 1,133Kb) 
• Update on BPR in Great Britain and Northern Ireland (pdf 1,033Kb) 
• Important Updates on BPR (pdf 825Kb) 
• ECHA Experience and Role of the BPC in Active Substance Approval and Union Authorisation (pdf 526Kb) 
• Updates to Guidance Documents for Generation and Evaluation of Data (pdf 1,009Kb) 
• Introduction to ECHA's Guidance on the Assessment of Risks to Bees from the use of Biocides (pdf 2,691Kb) 
• Experience of BPR from Industry Experience (pdf 1,037Kb) 
• Enforcement of the BPR in Ireland (pdf 738Kb) 
• Harmonised EU wide Enforcement under the BPR (pdf 795Kb) 
• Market Surveillance of Chemicals - Tools and Enforcement Practices (pdf 1,982Kb)