{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-528/annex-VI/division-4/division-1/division-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-528/annex-VI/division-4/division-1/division-56.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/528",
  "legislation_title": "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 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-528",
  "path": "annex/VI/division/4/division/1/division/56",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In establishing compliance with the criteria set out in point (b) of Article 19(1), the competent authority shall arrive at one of the following conclusions for each product-type and each area of use of the biocidal product for which application has been made:\n(1)that the biocidal product complies with the criteria;\n(2)that, subject to specific conditions/restrictions, the biocidal product can comply with the criteria;\n(3)that it is not possible, without additional data, to establish if the biocidal product complies with the criteria;\n(4)that the biocidal product does not comply with the criteria.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 6 para. 56 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/720), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 143(11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/528/annex/VI/division/4/division/1/division/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:22.826342+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}