G/TBT/N/EU/698  
6 February 2020  
(20-0965) 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 Commission  
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 [  ], 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, numbe r of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) 
No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making 
available on the market and use of bio cidal products (7 page(s), in English; 29 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Delegated Regulation amends several 
information requirements of Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (the 
biocidal products regula tion - BPR) to ensure that substances or products having endocrine 
disruptors' properties are correctly identified. In addition, the draft includes new provisions 
reflecting the current state of science, in particular for test methods ensuring a better 
protection of human and animal health or reducing the number of tests on animals. All the 
other provisions set out in the Annexes II and III of the EU Biocidal Products Regulation 
remain applicable.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of public health and of the environment. Harmonisation of the EU 
market of biocidal products  
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.  
 https://eur -lex.europa.e u/legal -content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32012R0528  G/TBT/N/EU/698  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU  
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/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_0950_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_0950_01_e.pdf