Guidance documents for the implementation of Directive 98/8/EC

• General note on data protection in the framework of Directive 98/8/EC (pdf ~150K) 

• Inter-linkages between the REACH Regulation and the Biocides Directive (98/8/EC) (pdf ~177K) 

• Risk Mitigation Measures for Anticoagulants used as Rodenticides (pdf ~49K) 

• Biocidal products and plant protection products

• Biocidal products and proprietary medicinal products and veterinary medicinal products (pdf ~25K) 

• Biocidal products and cosmetics products (pdf ~30K)

• In-situ generation of biocidal active substances (pdf ~23K)

• Guidance on treated material/articles and some other scope issues (pdf ~16K)

• Mode of action and other issues (pdf ~20K)

• Role of chromium in wood preservation (pdf ~160K)

• Clarification paper on QUATS (BKC and DDAC) (pdf ~37K)

• Teat dips (pdf ~84K)

Technical Notes for Guidance and other technical guidance documents are available from the ECB website.

Other documents endorsed at meetings of representatives of Member States Competent Authorities for Biocidal Products are available here.