G/TBT/N/EU/927  
22 September 2022  
(22-7101) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Biocidal 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementi ng Decision not approving cyanamide as an existing active 
substance for use in biocidal products of product -types 3 and 18 in accordance with 
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council; (5 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description  of content:  This draft Commission Implementing Decision does not approve 
cyanamide as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product -types 3 and 18.  
Due to uncertainties associated with the endocrine disrupting properties of cyanamide, it 
is not possible to conclude whether risks for both human health and the environment for 
the representative product used for product -type 3 (for the disinfection by pr ofessional 
users against Brachyspira hyodysenteriae  of the liquid manure stored underneath the 
slatted floor in pig stables in order to protect fattening pigs against the pig disease 
dysenteria) and product -type 18 (for the control by professional users of  Musca domestica  
in liquid manure in pig stables) are acceptable or not. Therefore it has ultimately not been 
demonstrated based on the data available in the application submitted for the approval 
that the representative biocidal product containing cyanami de for product -types 3 and 18 
may be expected to not have unacceptable effects itself, or as a result of its residues, on 
human and animal health, and on the environment.  
It is therefore appropriate not to approve cyanamide for use in biocidal products of 
product -types 3 and 18.  G/TBT/N/EU/927  
 
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  The opinions of the European Chemicals Agency can be found on its website 
(http:/ /echa.europa.eu/regulations/biocidal -products -regulation/approval -of-active -
substances/bpc -opinions -on-active -substance -approval ). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Harmonisation of the EU market on bioc idal products; Protection of human 
health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 
2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 
167, 27.6.2012, p. 1.). Available in all EU languages  
EUR-Lex - 32012R0528 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (Application 12 months after adoption)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
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