ECHA is responsible for the publication of the list of relevant substances and the respective substance and product suppliers, in accordance with Article 95 of the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), as amended by Regulation (EU) No 334/2014 of 11 March 2014. The purpose of this list is to"ensure the equal treatment of persons placing active substances on the market" (recital 8 of the Biocidal Products Regulation).

    The suppliers on the Article 95 list include participants in the Review Programme, supporters of new active substances, who have submitted a dossier under Article 11 of the Biocidal Products Directive, BPD  (Directive 98/8/EC) or under Article 7 of the BPR, submitters of product authorisation applications where the application includes an alternative active substance dossier (the so called ‘third party dossier'), as well as suppliers who submitted an application in accordance with Article 95(1) of the BPR and which has been found compliant by ECHA.

     The list will be updated regularly by ECHA. As from 1 September 2015, a biocidal product cannot be made available on the EU market unless either the substance supplier or the product supplier is included the Article 95 list for the PT to which the product belongs.

     The information on the list is accurate to the extent of ECHA's knowledge. If you would like to comment or send requests for modification on the list please submit the request for corrections of entries on the Article 95 list. Please note that the time needed to take it into account may vary depending on the complexity the request for modification.