Commercial Information Circular

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Ref.: EIC 230/2/12

28 July 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 642/2017

European Union (EU)* : Renewing the Approval of Eight Chemicals as Active Substances for Use in Biocidal Products of Product-type 14

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 619/2017 dated 18 July 2017, the European Commission has adopted eight Regulations to renew the approval of warfarin; chlorophacinone; coumatetralyl; difenacoum; bromadiolone; brodifacoum; difethialone; and flocoumafen as active substances for use in biocidal products of product-type 14. Details are set out in the Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/1376, 2017/1377, 2017/1378, 2017/1379, 2017/1380, 2017/1381, 2017/1382 and 2017/1383 respectively, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1376&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1377&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1378&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1379&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1380&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1381&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1382&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1383&from=EN

ENQUIRIES

2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Charles LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.