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21 June 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 483/2013
European Union (EU)* : Marketing and Use of Biocidal Products
Further to Commercial Information Circular No 311/2013 of 24 April 2013, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted two Regulations relating to the authorization procedure for the same biocidal products as well as the fees and charges in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products. Details are set out in Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No. 414/2013 and No 564/2013, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:125:0004:0006:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:167:0017:0025:EN:PDF
ENQUIRIES
2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 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.
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