Article 42 / Biocidal products for which Union authorisation may be granted
1.
Applicants may apply for Union authorisation for biocidal products which have similar conditions of use across the Union with the exception of biocidal products that contain active substances that fall under Article 5 and those of product-types 14, 15, 17, 20 and 21. The Union authorisation may be granted:
(a)
from 1 September 2013, to biocidal products containing one or more new active substances and biocidal products of product-types 1, 3, 4, 5, 18 and 19;
(b)
from 1 January 2017, to biocidal products of product-types 2, 6 and 13; and
(c)
from 1 January 2020, to biocidal products of all remaining product-types.
2.
The Commission shall by 1 September 2013 draw up guidance documents on the definition of ‘similar conditions of use across the Union’.
3.
The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Article by 31 December 2017. That report shall contain an assessment of the exclusion of product-types 14, 15, 17, 20 and 21 from the Union authorisation.
The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by relevant proposals for adoption in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure.