Placing of biocidal products on the market: implementing powers conferred on the Commission

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by the report drafted by Åsa WESTLUND (PES, SE), and made some amendments to the proposal for a directive amending Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market, as regards the implementing powers conferred to the Commission.

Parliament stated that the regulatory procedure with scrutiny will apply to common conditions for the application of Article 17(5), in particular the maximum quantities of active substances or biocidal products that may be released during experiments and the minimum data to be submitted in order to permit an assessment.

The regulatory procedure with scrutiny will also apply to amendments necessary to adapt Annex IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, IVA or IVB or the descriptions of product types in Annex V to technical progress or to specify data requirements for each of these product types.

The comitology committee is named the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products.